Umiat Airport (IATA: UMT[2], ICAO: PAUM[3], FAA LID: UMT) is a state owned, public use airport located in Umiat,[1] in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The original runway was created by Seabees of Construction Battalion Detachment 1058 in 1945.[4] They built it to facilitate the resupply of their drilling operation at Umiat.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||
| Serves | Umiat, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 267 ft / 81 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 69°22′16″N 152°08′06″W / 69.37111°N 152.13500°W | ||||||||||
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As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 197 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[5] 569 in 2009, and 107 in 2010.[6]
Facilities and aircraft
editUmiat Airport covers an area of 290 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 267 feet (81 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with a gravel surface measuring 5,583 by 100 feet (1,702 x 30 m).[1] For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 200 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month: 50% air taxi and 50% general aviation.[1]
Statistics
edit| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Hageland | |
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| Rank | Destination | Airport | Passengers | |
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| 1 | Deadhorse, AK | Deadhorse Airport (SCC) | 20 | 20 |
| 2 | Fairbanks, Alaska | Fairbanks International (FAI) | <10 | <10 |
| 3 | Anchorage, AK | Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) | <10 | <10 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for UMT PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (UMT: Umiat)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
- ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Location Identifiers (Order JO 7350.8Y). Federal Aviation Administration. December 12, 2013.
- ^ Kiska Sector, Chapter XXII, Bases in Alaska and the Aleutians, Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940-1946, Volume II, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON,1947, p. 188-90 [1]
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ a b "Umiat, AK: Umiat Airport (UMT)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
External links
edit- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- Topographic map from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for UMT
- AirNav airport information for PAUM
- ASN accident history for UMT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAUM
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for UMT
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