Homer Airport

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Homer Airport

IATA: HOM – ICAO: PAHO – FAA: HOM
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves Homer, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 84 ft / 26 m
Coordinates 59°38′44″N 151°28′36″W / 59.64556, -151.47667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 6,701 2,042 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 49,821
Based aircraft 93
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Homer Airport (IATA: HOM, ICAO: PAHO, FAA LID: HOM) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Homer,[1] a town in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Homer Airport covers an area of 1,040 acres (421 ha) at an elevation of 84 feet (26 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with a 6,701 x 150 ft (2,042 x 46 m) asphalt pavement.[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 49,821 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 46% scheduled commercial, 32% air taxi, 22% general aviation and <1% military. At that time there were 93 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 3% helicopter and 2% ultralight.[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

  • Era Aviation (Anchorage) [2]
  • Grant Aviation (Anchorage) [3]
  • Homer Air (Kachemak Bay) [4]
  • Smokey Bay Air (Kachemak Bay) [5]
  • Island Air (Kodiak)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for HOM (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ^ Era Aviation
  3. ^ Grant Aviation
  4. ^ Homer Air Service
  5. ^ Smokey Bay Air

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