Beluga Airport
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | ConocoPhillips | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Beluga, Alaska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 87 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°10′23″N 151°02′43″W / 61.17306°N 151.04528°W | ||||||||||||||
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Beluga Airport (IATA: BVU, ICAO: PABG, FAA LID: BLG) is a private use airport in Beluga, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by ConocoPhillips (formerly ARCO).[1]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,541 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 2,410 enplanements in 2009, and 2,144 in 2010.[3]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned BLG by the FAA[1] and BVU by the IATA[4] (which assigned BLG to Belaga Airport in Belaga, Sarawak, Malaysia).[5] The airport's ICAO identifier is PABG.[6]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Beluga Airport resides at elevation of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with gravel surfaces: 1/19 is 5,002 by 100 feet (1,525 x 30 m) and 9/27 is 2,505 by 60 feet (764 x 18 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending January 15, 1993, the airport had 5,600 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 91% general aviation and 9% air taxi.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for BLG PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "Calendar Year 2008 Enplanements" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Passenger Enplanements at all U.S. Airports" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Beluga Airport (ICAO: PABG, IATA: BVU, FAA: BLG)". Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Belaga Airport, Malaysia (IATA: BLG, ICAO: WBGC)". Aviation Safety Network.
- ^ "Beluga – BLG (PABG)". Federal Aviation Administration.
External links
[edit]- Topographic map from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for BLG
- AirNav airport information for PABG
- ASN accident history for BVU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PABG
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