AirportsPoint Hope Airport is a small airport serving Point Hope, in Alaska, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PHO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PHO
- ICAO code
- PAPO
- City
- Point Hope
- State or region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 68.3488° N, 166.7990° W
- Elevation
- 4 m (12 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,219 m (4,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PHO means Point Hope Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: PAPO. ICAO codes that begin with P belong to the North Pacific, including Alaska and Hawaii. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 68.3488° N, 166.7990° W. It stands 4 metres (12 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Point Hope Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,219 metres (4,000 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 558.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,219 m 4,000 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Lisburne LRRS AirportCape Lisburne | LUR | 65 km |
| Kivalina AirportKivalina | KVL | 115 km |
| Noatak AirportNoatak | WTK | 182 km |
| Point Lay LRRS AirportPoint Lay | PIZ | 215 km |
| Shishmaref AirportShishmaref | SHH | 235 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,055 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,191 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 9,054 km | 11 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,644 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,982 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,866 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,835 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,893 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,893 km | 14 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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