# Point Hope Airport (PHO / PAPO)

**Point Hope Airport** (IATA: PHO, ICAO: PAPO) is a small airport in Point Hope, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1958. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PHO / PAPO
- FAA: PHO
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Point Hope, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1958
- Elevation: 21 ft / 6 m
- Coordinates: 68.3488, -166.7990
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 8,601 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Hope_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4368996
- Weather station: PAPO
- Ident: PAPO

## Timeline

- Jul 1958: Point Hope Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 036° / 216° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 11,518 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 11,787 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,404 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 10,153 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 9,407 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,504 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 6,223 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 8,092 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 9,091 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 9,124 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 8,601 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [LUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/palu.md) Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport · United States · 40 mi / 65 km · Bering Air
- [KVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pavl.md) Kivalina Airport · United States · 71 mi / 115 km · Bering Air
- [OTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paot.md) Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · United States · 150 mi / 241 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9K (2025) | #2,747 of 3,974 | #676 in North America | #478 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 21 ft / 6 m | =41,272 of 43,403 | =18,633 in North America | =15,267 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [LUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/palu.md) Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport · 40 mi / 65 km
- [KVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pavl.md) Kivalina Airport · 72 mi / 115 km

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #85

## 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: “Point Hope Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Point_Hope_Airport&oldid=1363072038), revision of 7 Jul 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/papo/data