PTU

Platinum Airport

ICAO PAPM59.0177°N 161.8279°W18 ft / 6 mMedium airport
On the map

Platinum Airport (IATA: PTU, ICAO: PAPM) is a medium airport in Platinum, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1947. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947
AUG 1947
OpenedPlatinum Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
14/32155° / 335° · LIT
LENGTH5,000 ft1,524 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
2K
2K
1K
1K
1K
417
566
930
1K
1K
2K
1516171819202122232425

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsTucker Aviation 1Yute Commuter Service 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PTU. From the Wikipedia article “Platinum Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M=3,210of 3,974 · #852 North America · #617 USLongest runway5,000 ft1,524 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,589of 29,823 · =2,430 North America · =2,018 USElevation18 ft6 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,536of 43,341 · =18,752 North America · =15,343 USAgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =1,856 North America · =1,803 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 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

Radio frequencies

4 channels
A/DANCHORAGE ARTCC127.600
AWOSAWOS THREE118.375
CTAFCTAF122.800
RDOKENAI RDO122.500