K55

Thompson Pass Airport

FAA K5561.1773°N 145.6880°W2,080 ft / 634 mSmall airport
On the map

Thompson Pass Airport (FAA: K55) is a small airport in Valdez, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1952. It has one runway, 2,530 ft (771 m) long, grass.

Timeline

1 event · 1952–1952
JUL 1952
OpenedThompson Pass Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
05/23
LENGTH2,530 ft771 mWIDTH9 ft3 mSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,530 ft771 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=20,369of 29,858 · =9,001 North America · =7,748 USElevation2,080 ft634 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=8,518of 43,403 · =3,916 North America · =2,976 USAgeOpened 19522026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,844of 15,079 · =2,673 North America · =2,612 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,364of 29,978 · =2,583 North America · =2,326 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record