Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport is a uncontrolled

Non-towered airport

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 public airport

Airport

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 located one mile (1.6 km) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 (CBD) of Atqasuk

Atqasuk, Alaska

Atqasuk is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 228.-Geography:Atqasuk is located at ....

, a city 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...

, Alaska

Alaska

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, United States

United States

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. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough.

Facilities and aircraft

Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial 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...

 (6/24) with a gravel

Gravel

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 surface measuring 4,370 x 90 ft. (1,332 x 27 m). For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 530 aircraft operations: 94% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 6% general aviation

General aviation

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Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of ATK
(June 2010 - May 2011)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Barrow, AK Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport is a public airport located in Barrow, a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the state. Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29°N, the airport is the farthest north of any in US territory...	2,000	Era Alaska

External links

• Alaska FAA Airport Diagram (GIF
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