# Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport (LUR / PALU)

**Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport** (IATA: LUR, ICAO: PALU) is a medium airport in Cape Lisburne, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1951. It has one runway, 4,800 ft (1,463 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 165 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/palu

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LUR / PALU
- FAA: LUR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Cape Lisburne, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1951
- Elevation: 14 ft / 4 m
- Coordinates: 68.8751, -166.1100
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,800 ft / 1,463 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 165 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Lisburne_LRRS_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3273947
- Weather station: PALU · WMO 70104
- Ident: PALU

## Timeline

- Jul 1951: Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 4,800 ft / 1,463 m | 135 ft / 41 m | Gravel | 101° / 281° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/02327AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 314 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 326 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 486 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 539 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 557 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 178 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 93 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 211 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 248 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 230 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 165 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [OTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paot.md) Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · United States · 165 mi / 266 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LUR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 165 (2025) | =3,591 of 3,974 | #952 in North America | #705 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,800 ft / 1,463 m | =7,442 of 29,858 | =2,802 in North America | =2,301 in US |
| Elevation | 14 ft / 4 m | =42,010 of 43,403 | =18,934 in North America | =15,463 in US |
| Age | Opened 1951 | =3,751 of 15,079 | =2,596 in North America | =2,536 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 119.650 |
| FSS | KOTZEBUE RDO | 122.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 126.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [PHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papo.md) Point Hope Airport · 40 mi / 65 km
- [KVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pavl.md) Kivalina Airport · 88 mi / 142 km

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #70

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Lisburne_LRRS_Airport&oldid=1372253980), revision of 31 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/palu/data