Tin City Long Range Radar Station

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Tin City Long Range Radar Station
IATA: TNC – ICAO: PATC – FAA: TNC
Summary
Airport type		Military
Owner		U.S. Air Force
Location		Tin City, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		269 ft / 82 m
Coordinates		65°33′47″N 167°55′18″W / 65.56306, -167.92167
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
16/34	4,700	1,433	Gravel
Statistics (1980)
Aircraft operations			350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Tin City Long Range Radar Station (IATA: TNC, ICAO: PATC, FAA LID: TNC) is a military use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Tin City, in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the U.S. Air Force.^[1]

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

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Tin City Long Range Radar Station has one runway designated 16/34 with a 4,700 x 100 ft (1,433 x 30 m) gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending July 9, 1980, the airport had 350 aircraft operations: 57% air taxi, 29% general aviation and 14% military.^[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Bering Air (Nome)^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for TNC (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
2. ^ Bering Air: Nome Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 31-Aug-2007.

[edit] External links

• Hybrid map and satellite image
• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• FAA Terminal Procedures for TNC, effective 5 June 2008
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PATC
  • ASN accident history for TNC
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PATC
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PATC
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for TNC