Hope Airport | |||
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Aerial view of airport from the south, 1996 | |||
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 5HO | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | Public | ||
Owner | Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region | ||
Serves | Hope, Alaska | ||
Elevation AMSL | 200 ft / 61 m | ||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
16/34 | 2,000 | 610 | Gravel |
Statistics (2011) | |||
Aircraft operations | 480 | ||
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Hope Airport (FAA LID: 5HO) is a state owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Hope,[1] in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Hope Airport covers an area of 62 acres (25 ha) at an elevation of 200 feet (61 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 2,000 by 90 feet (610 x 27 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2011, the airport had 480 aircraft operations, an average of 40 per month: 90% general aviation and 10% air taxi.[1]