Barter Island Long Range Radar Station

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Barter Island LRRS

IATA: BTI – ICAO: PABA – FAA: BTI
Summary
Airport type Public/Military
Owner North Slope Borough
Location Barter Island, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 2 ft / 1 m
Coordinates 70°08′02″N 143°34′55″W / 70.13389, -143.58194
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 4,820 1,469 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 3,350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Barter Island Long Range Radar Station (IATA: BTI, ICAO: PABA, FAA LID: BTI) is a public/military airport located near the city of Kaktovik on Barter Island, in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough.[1] It is also known as Barter Island LRRS or Barter Island Airport.

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[edit] History

The original runway was built by the United States military in 1947. The U.S. Air Force assumed control of Barter Island in 1951 and extended the runway in 1953 as part of the installation of a Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) radar station.[2][3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Barter Island LRRS has one runway (7/25) with a gravel surface measuring 4,820 x 100 ft. (1,469 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,350 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 75% air taxi, 24% general aviation and 1% military.[1]

[edit] Airlines and non-stop destinations

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for BTI (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  3. ^ http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/Museum/Anthropology/Kaktovik/change.html
  4. ^ Frontier Flying Service: 2007 Timetable (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.
  5. ^ Hageland Aviation Services: Scheduled Flights (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.

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