Port Moller Airport Port Moller Air Force Station |
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Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
Owner | U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management | ||||||||||
Serves | Port Moller | ||||||||||
Location | 87 NM northeast of Cold Bay, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 56°00′22″N 160°33′39″W / 56.00611°N 160.56083°WCoordinates: 56°00′22″N 160°33′39″W / 56.00611°N 160.56083°W | ||||||||||
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Location of Port Moller Air Force Station | |||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Enplanements (2008) | 487 |
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Port Moller Airport (IATA: PML, ICAO: PAAL, FAA LID: 1AK3) is a publicly owned, private-use airport located 87 nautical miles (161 km; 100 mi) northeast of the central business district of Cold Bay, in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. It was previously known as Port Moller Air Force Station.
Scheduled airline service to Cold Bay Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir). As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 487 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 14% from the 427 enplanements in 2007.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 1AK3 by the FAA and PML by the IATA.
The airport covers an area of 369 acres (149 ha) at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with a gravel surface measuring 3,500 by 100 feet (1,067 x 30 m).