Stebbins Airport
Encyclopedia
Stebbins Airport is a state-owned public-use airport
located in Stebbins
, in the Nome Census Area
, Alaska
, United States
.
of 14 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
designated 5/23 with a 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m) gravel
surface.
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 Stebbins
Stebbins, Alaska
Stebbins is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 547.-Geography:Stebbins is located at , on the north side of St...
, in the Nome Census Area
Nome Census Area, Alaska
Nome Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 9,196. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community by far is the city of Nome....
, 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...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Facilities
Stebbins Airport covers an area of 110 acres (44.5 ha) at an elevationElevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 14 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one 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...
designated 5/23 with a 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m) gravel
Gravel
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...
surface.
Airlines and destinations
- Bering AirBering AirBering Air is an American regional airline headquartered in Nome, Alaska, USA. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services, as well as air ambulance and helicopter services...
(Nome, St. Michael, Unalakleet) - Frontier Flying ServiceFrontier Flying ServiceFrontier Flying Service is an American airline headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It operates an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities, primarily north of Fairbanks, as well as charter services to the lower 48 and...
(Kotlik, Nome, St. Michael, Unalakleet)
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....
)
