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.
Weather right now PAPO · observed 1:56 pm AKDT (21:56 UTC), 1361 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 24 knots, gusting to 29
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 30°F (-1°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 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 PAPO 052156Z AUTO 04024G29KT 10SM CLR M01/M05 A2968 RMK AO2 PK WND 03030/2124 SLP051 T10111050 FZRANO
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 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
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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.
Aircraft registered in Point Hope from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Point Hope, AK as the owner's town.
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 FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.