Airports · Alaska · airport · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Bullen Point Air Force Station

8AK7 · PABU · Kaktovik, Alaska · North Slope County · map

Bullen Point Air Force Station is a private airport owned by Usaf 11 Air Support Gp, 64 miles east of Kaktovik, Alaska, 18 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 3,520 feet of gravel.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 8AK7 · ICAO PABU
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
Owner: Usaf 11 Air Support Gp
Elevation: 18 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
On the chart: Point Barrow sectional
Magnetic variation: 28E
In the FAA's files since: August 2001

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
15/33	3,520 × 100 ft	Gravel
H1	160 × 150 ft	Gravel	Perimeter lights

Aircraft registered in Kaktovik from the FAA register

1 aircraft are registered to owners in Kaktovik, Alaska: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Kavik Strip RK1 · 30 nm south Badami Airport AK78 · 4 nm southwest · private Point Thomson Airstrip Airport 37AA · 11 nm east · private Central Pad Heliport AA03 · 12 nm east · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Offl bus only; closed to pub.
All operations 24 hour prior permission required.
Runway and helicopter condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 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.