Pilot Point Airport

Pilot Point Airport
View from east, looking west
IATA: PIP ICAO: PAPN FAA LID: PNP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves	Pilot Point, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL	57 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	57°34′49″N157°34′19″W / 57.58028°N 157.57194°W / 57.58028; -157.57194 (Pilot Point Airport (new location))
Map
PIP Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 3,280 1,000 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 5,300 Enplanements (2008) 738
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] [2]

Pilot Point Airport( IATA : PIP, ICAO : PAPN, FAA LID : PNP) is a state-owned, public-use airport located in Pilot Point, ^[1] a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Grant Aviation. ^[3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 738 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 9% from the 678 enplanements in 2007. ^[2] Pilot Point Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility. ^[4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PNP by the FAA and PIP by the IATA ^[5] (which assigned PNP to Girua Airport in Popondetta, Papua New Guinea ^[6] ).

Facilities and aircraft

Pilot Point Airport has one runway designated 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 3,280 by 75 feet (1,000 x 23 m). ^[1] The airport was previously located at 57°33.79′N157°33.51′W / 57.56317°N 157.55850°W / 57.56317; -157.55850 (Pilot Point Airport (original location)) where it had an 3,100-by-50-foot (945 m × 15 m) runway also designated 7/25. ^[7]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 5,300 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 66% general aviation and 34% air taxi. ^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Egegik, King Salmon, Ugashik Bay [8]

Accidents and incidents

On 1 July 1981, Douglas R4D N111ST of United Aircraft Services crashed shortly after take-off while on a flight to Anchorage International Airport, following the failure of the port engine. All three people on board were killed. ^[9] The aircraft was on a cargo flight laden with fish. ^[10]

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PNP PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective 27 Aug 2009.
2. CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Preliminary). Federal Aviation Administration. Published 15 July 2009.
3. 2009 Timetables . Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 4 Sep 2009. Archived December 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
5. Great Circle Mapper: PIP - Pilot Point, Alaska. Retrieved 4 Sep 2009.
6. Great Circle Mapper: AYGR - Popondetta, Papua New Guinea - Girua Airport. Retrieved 4 Sep 2009.
7. Annotated aerial photo of Pilot Point Airport (GIF). Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region. August 1998.
8. "Grant Schedul". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
9. "N111ST Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
10. "NTSB Identification: ANC81FA074". National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 24 July 2010.

External links

• Airport diagram for Pilot Point (PNP) (GIF). Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region. 10 June 2004
• FAA Terminal Procedures for PNP , effective September 8, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for PNP
  • AirNav airport information for PNP
  • ASN accident history for PIP
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for PNP