Point Hope Airport
PHO · PAPO · Point Hope, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Point Hope Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southwest of Point Hope, Alaska, 21 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. The FAA counts about 1,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4,006 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Point Hope Airport?
Its FAA code is PHO, and its ICAO code is PAPO.
Where is Point Hope Airport?
It is 2 miles southwest of Point Hope, Alaska, 21 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Point Hope Airport?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Point Hope Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Point Hope Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Ralph Wien Memorial, Kivalina, Point Lay Lrrs, Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial, Cape Lisburne Lrrs. Every route
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 Hope Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PHO · ICAO PAPO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 21 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cape Lisburne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Pho and aWOS-3P | 118.325 | |
| Cape Lisburne Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 119.65 | |
| Point Hope Rco | 122.25 | Point Hope · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.25 (Point Hope rco). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-368-2128.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
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
- Northwest arctic borough
- Activate PAPI runway 03/21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- 1-3 in cracks air carriers width spaced 200-500 feet entr length.
- Runway condition unmnt; rcmnd visual insp prior to landing.
- Fuel available emergency only.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,427 departures from PHO in those twelve months, carrying 4,081 passengers in 9,531 seats (43% filled), to 14 destinations on 6 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Hope → Ralph Wien Memorial PHO–OTZ | 1,170 | 3,095 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Lynden Air Cargo Airlines |
| Point Hope → Kivalina PHO–KVL | 127 | 639 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Point Hope → Point Lay Lrrs PHO–PIZ | 39 | 119 | Wright Air Service |
| Point Hope → Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial PHO–BRW | 33 | 82 | Wright Air Service, Alaska Central Express, Bering Air Inc. |
| Point Hope → Cape Lisburne Lrrs PHO–LUR | 21 | 57 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Point Hope → Ted Stevens Anchorage International PHO–ANC | 12 | 3 | Lynden Air Cargo Airlines, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Alaska Central Express |
| Point Hope → Noatak PHO–WTK | 10 | 44 | Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Bering Air Inc. |
| Point Hope → Wainwright PHO–AIN | 4 | 26 | Wright Air Service, Bering Air Inc. |
All 14 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Point Hope from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Point Hope, 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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 4 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Ralph Wien Memorial (OTZ) 1,170 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Kivalina (KVL) 127 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Point Lay Lrrs (PIZ) 39 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial (BRW) 33 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Alaska Central Express
- Cape Lisburne Lrrs (LUR) 21 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 12 flights in twelve months · Lynden Air Cargo Airlines, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Noatak (WTK) 10 flights in twelve months · Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation, Bering Air Inc.
- Wainwright (AIN) 4 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Bering Air Inc.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PHO.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 October 30, 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.