Ambler Airport
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Direction | Length | Surface | |
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ft | m | ||
01/19 | 4,000 | 1,219 | Gravel/dirt |
10/28 | 2,410 | 735 | Gravel/dirt |
Aircraft operations | 5,000 (2014) |
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Based aircraft | 1 |
Passengers | 3,727 |
Freight | 986,000 lbs |
Ambler Airport (IATA: ABL, ICAO: PAFM, FAA LID: AFM) (Iñupiaq: Ivisaappaat Mirviat) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Ambler,[1] a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,357 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 0.13% from the 2,354 enplanements in 2007.[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[3]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AFM by the FAA[1] and ABL by the IATA.[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAFM.[5]
Facilities
Ambler Airport covers an area of 272 acres (110 ha) at an elevation of 334 feet (102 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with gravel surfaces: 9/27 measures 2,400 by 60 feet (732 x 18 m) and 18/36 is 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m).[1]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Bering Air | Kobuk, Kotzebue, Shungnak[6] |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Statistics
Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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Bering Air | 1,930(51.73%) |
Hageland | 1,800(48.27%) |
Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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1 | Kotzebue, AK | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport (OTZ) | 1,510 |
2 | Shungnak, AK | Shungnak Airport (SHG) | 150 |
3 | Selawik, AK | Selawik Airport (WLK) | 80 |
4 | Kobuk, AK | Kobuk Airport (OBU) | 50 |
5 | Noorvik, AK | Noorvik Airport (ORV) | 30 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for AFM PDF, effective 2017-01-05.
- ^ a b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated January 10, 2017.
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB) Archived August 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: ABL / PAFM - Ambler, Alaska
- ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ Bering Air Timetables (PDF). Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ a b "Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for AFM, effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AFM
- AirNav airport information for PAFM
- ASN accident history for ABL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAFM
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for AFM
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