| Port Alsworth Airport | |||
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| IATA: PTA – ICAO: PALJ – FAA LID: TPO
Port Alsworth
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Private | ||
| Owner | Glen Alsworth, Sr. | ||
| Serves | Port Alsworth, Alaska | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 280 ft / 85 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 3,000 | 914 | Dirt/Gravel |
| Statistics (1984) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 1,300 | ||
| Based aircraft | 13 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Port Alsworth Airport (IATA: PTA, ICAO: PALJ, FAA LID: TPO) is a private-use airport serving Port Alsworth which is located in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,938 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 2,592% from the 72 enplanements in 2007.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned TPO by the FAA and PTA by the IATA.[3]
Port Alsworth Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with a dirt and gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 100 feet (914 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending September 5, 1984, the airport had 1,300 aircraft operations, an average of 108 per month: 81% air taxi and 19% general aviation. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 77% single-engine and 23% multi-engine.[1]