Pilot Point Airport

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Pilot Point Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
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))
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PIP
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
7/253,2801,000Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations5,300
Enplanements (2008)738

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]

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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

AirlinesDestinations
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for PNP PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective 27 Aug 2009.
  2. 1 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.
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