Barter Island LRRS Airport
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| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | North Slope Borough | ||||||||||
| Location | Barter Island, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2 ft / 1 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 70°08′02″N 143°34′55″W / 70.13389°N 143.58194°WCoordinates: 70°08′02″N 143°34′55″W / 70.13389°N 143.58194°W | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft Operations | 3,350 |
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| Based Aircraft | 0 |
| Passengers | 5,077 |
| Freight | 1,358,000 lbs |
Barter Island LRRS Airport (IATA: BTI, ICAO: PABA, FAA LID: BTI) is a public/military airport located near the city of Kaktovik on Barter Island, in the North Slope Borough, located 312 miles (502 km) east of Point Barrow, Alaska. The airport is owned by the North Slope Borough. It is also known as Barter Island Airport or Kaktovik Airport. The acronym LRRS stands for Long Range Radar Site or Long Range Radar Station.
Barter Island LRRS Airport has one runway designed 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 4,820 by 100 feet (1,469 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,350 aircraft operations, an average of 9 per day: 75% air taxi, 24% general aviation and 1% military.
The original runway was built by the United States military in 1947. The U.S. Air Force assumed control of Barter Island in 1951 and extended the runway in 1953 to support the Distant Early Warning Line Radar station at Barter Island (BAR-MAIN). The Barter Island DEW Line station was operated by civilian contract workers. The DEW Line station was inactivated in 1990 and the station personnel were relieved of duty.
The radar station was upgraded with an AN/FPS-117 minimally attended Long Range surveillance radar in the winter of 1990. A prototype AN/FPS-124 short-range radar was also installed. The station was re-designated part of the North Warning System (NWS) as a Long Range Radar Site, A-21, being controlled by the Pacific Air Forces 611th Air Support Group, based at Elmendorf AFB.
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