Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport

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Coordinates: 70°19′51″N 149°35′51″W / 70.33083, -149.5975

Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport
IATA: UUK – ICAO: PAKU – FAA: UBW
Summary
Airport type Private
Owner ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Location Kuparuk, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 67 ft / 20 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 6,000 1,829 Gravel
Statistics (2001)
Aircraft operations 1,850
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport (IATA: UUK, ICAO: PAKU, FAA LID: UBW) is a private-use airport located in Kuparuk, Alaska, United States. It is privately owned by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.[1] which operates the Kuparuk oil field.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with a gravel surface measuring 6,000 x 130 ft. (1,829 x 40 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2001, the airport had 1,850 aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% air taxi.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport is assigned UBW by the FAA and UUK by the IATA.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for UBW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: UUK / PAKU - Kuparuk, Alaska

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