Alpine Airstrip is a private-use airport

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 53 nautical miles (98 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Deadhorse

Deadhorse, Alaska

Deadhorse is an unincorporated community in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States, along the North Slope near the Arctic Ocean. The town consists mainly of facilities for the workers and companies that operate at the nearby Prudhoe Bay oil fields. Deadhorse is accessible via the Dalton Highway...

, in North Slope Borough

North Slope Borough, Alaska

-National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Cape Lisburne** Cape Thompson* Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ** Mollie Beattie Wilderness * Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve...

 in 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 ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.

As per Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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 records, this airport had 786 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year

Calendar year

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 2007, an increase of 1915% from the 39 enplanements in 2006.

Facilities

Alpine Airstrip Airport 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...

 (3/21) with a gravel

Gravel

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surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).