Ambler Airport

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Ambler Airport
IATA: ABL – ICAO: PAFM – FAA: AFM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Location		Ambler, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		334 ft / 102 m
Coordinates		67°06′23″N 157°51′27″W / 67.10639, -157.8575
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
9/27	2,400	732	Gravel
18/36	3,000	914	Gravel
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Ambler Airport (IATA: ABL, ICAO: PAFM, FAA LID: AFM) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of the central business district of Ambler, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the state.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ambler Airport is assigned AFM by the FAA and ABL by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is PAFM.^[2][3]

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Airline and destinations 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Facilities

Ambler Airport covers an area of 272 acres (110 ha) which contains two runways:

• Runway 9/27: 2,400 x 60 ft. (732 x 18 m), Surface: Gravel
• Runway 18/36: 3,000 x 60 ft. (914 x 18 m), Surface: Gravel

[edit] Airline and destinations

• Bering Air (Shungnak [non stop], Kobuk [1 stop], Kotzebue [2 stops])^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} FAA Airport Master Record for AFM (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: ABL / PAFM - Ambler, Alaska
3. ^ FAA: Alaska Location Identifiers
4. ^ Bering Air: Kotzebue Flight Schedule (PDF). Retrieved 29-Aug-2007.

[edit] External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PAFM
  • ASN accident history for ABL
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAFM
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAFM
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for AFM
• Ambler Airport at WikiMapia