Point Thomson Airstrip Airport
37AA · PAAD · Deadhorse, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Point Thomson Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by Hilcorp Alaska, LLC, 44 miles east of Deadhorse, Alaska, 56 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,000 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Point Thomson Airstrip Airport…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 37AA · ICAO PAAD
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Hilcorp Alaska, LLC
- Elevation
- 56 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2011
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Gravel | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Deadhorse and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 134.4 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kavik Strip (30 nm southwest), Deadhorse Airport (44 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kavik Strip (30 nm southwest), Deadhorse Airport (44 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
- Ptz AWOS-3P is associated with Point Thomson Airstrip 37AA.
- Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23 - the common traffic frequency.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Deadhorse from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Deadhorse, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/37AA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 4, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.