Saipan International Airport

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Saipan International Airport Francisco C. Ada Airport
IATA: SPN – ICAO: PGSN – FAA: GSN
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Commonwealth Ports Authority
Location		Saipan
Elevation AMSL		215 ft / 66 m
Coordinates		15°07′08″N 145°43′46″E / 15.11889, 145.72944
Website		cpa.gov.mp/spnapt.asp
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
7/25	8,700	2,652	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			39,542
Based aircraft			22
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Saipan International Airport (IATA: SPN, ICAO: PGSN, FAA LID: GSN), also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The airport is owned by Commonwealth Ports Authority.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Saipan International Airport is assigned GSN by the FAA and SPN by the IATA (which assigned GSN to Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia). ^[2] ^[3]

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airlines and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Saipan International Airport covers an area of 734 acres (297 ha) which contains one paved runway (7/25) measuring 8,700 x 200 ft. (2,652 x 61 m).^[1]

For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 39,542 aircraft operations, an average of 108 per day: 61% air taxi, 19% general aviation, 18% scheduled commercial and 1% military.^[1]