Alpine Airstrip Airport
AK15 · PALP · Nuiqsut, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Alpine Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by Conocophillips Alaska, INC, 8 miles north of Nuiqsut, Alaska, 21 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,005 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now PALP · observed 12:45 pm AKDT (20:45 UTC), 37 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 900 feet, a broken layer at 2,200 feet, a broken layer at 3,600 feet
- Temperature 37°F (3°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PALP 062045Z 05010KT 10SM FEW009 BKN022 BKN036 03/05 A3003
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK15 · ICAO PALP
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Conocophillips Alaska, INC
- Elevation
- 21 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2000
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,005 × 100 ft | Gravel, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tower on the approach
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Deadhorse and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 134.4 |
Aircraft registered in Nuiqsut from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Nuiqsut, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 40X80 feet runup pad 153 feet from threshold both ends. Runway operations prior permission required; runway used as aces road; psbl paew on runway.
- Local weather use aqt automated weather (ASOS).
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -33C.
- All arrival rpt 10 MI final on the common traffic frequency.
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.