Beluga Airport
Encyclopedia
Beluga Airport is a private-use airport
located in Beluga
, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough
of the U.S. state
of Alaska
. It is privately owned by ARCO
Alaska, Inc.
As per Federal Aviation Administration
records, this airport had 4,407 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year
2005 and 6,308 enplanements (all unscheduled) in 2006.
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 and BVU by the IATA (which assigned BLG to Belaga Airport
in Belaga
, Sarawak
, Malaysia).
surfaced runway
s: 18/36 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) and 9/27 measuring 2,400 x 60 ft (732 x 18 m). As per the most recent FAA records, 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
.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located in Beluga
Beluga, Alaska
Beluga is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 32 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Beluga is located at ....
, in the Kenai Peninsula Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
-National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Chiswell Islands** Tuxedni Wilderness* Chugach National Forest * Katmai National Park and Preserve ** Katmai Wilderness...
of the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. It is privately owned by ARCO
ARCO
Atlantic Richfield Company is an oil company with operations in the United States as well as in Indonesia, the North Sea, and the South China Sea. It has more than 1,300 gas stations in the western part of the United States. ARCO was originally formed by the merger of East Coast-based Atlantic...
Alaska, Inc.
As per Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
records, this airport had 4,407 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year
Calendar year
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2005 and 6,308 enplanements (all unscheduled) in 2006.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
, this airport is assigned BLG by the FAA and BVU by the IATA (which assigned BLG to Belaga Airport
Belaga Airport
Belaga Airport is an airport in Belaga, a town in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.-Airlines and destinations:Following the takeover routes by MASwings from FlyAsianXpress, the Bintulu-Belaga route has been ceased.-External links:...
in Belaga
Belaga
Belaga may refer to:* Belaga, Sarawak, town in Sarawak, island of Borneo, Malaysia* Belaga Airport, airport in Belaga, Sarawak* Edward Belaga, Russian mathematician* Julie Belaga, United States politician, a steamship...
, Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...
, Malaysia).
Facilities and aircraft
Beluga Airport has two gravelGravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...
surfaced runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
s: 18/36 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) and 9/27 measuring 2,400 x 60 ft (732 x 18 m). As per the most recent FAA records, 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
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
and 9% air taxi
Air taxi
An air taxi is an air charter passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis.-Regulation:In the United States, air taxi and air charter operations are governed by Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations , unlike the larger scheduled air carriers which are governed by more...
.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIFGIFThe Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
)
