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Barter Island Airport
Airport Directory » United States » Barter Island » Barter Island AirportAirport information for Barter Island AirportCountry: United StatesLocation: Barter Island Coordinates: 70.08.00N / 143.38.00W IATA Code: BTI Timezone: GMT -9 Direct flights form Barter Island Airport Direct flights to Barter Island Airport Find connecting flights to Barter Island Airport Find connecting flights from Barter Island Airport |
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Barter Island Long Range Radar Station (IATA: BTI, ICAO: PABA, FAA LID: BTI) is a public/armed forces airport turn up near the town of Kaktovik on Barter Island, in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. province of Alaska. The airport is owned by North Slope Borough. It is also known as Barter Island LRRS or Barter Island Airport.
History
The original landing track was made by the United States armed forces in 1947. The U.S. Air Force take for granted command of Barter Island in 1951 and continued the landing track in 1953 as division of the installing of a Distant Early Warning Line (DEW Line) microwave radar station.
Facilities and aircraft
Barter Island LRRS has 1 landing track (7/25) with a crushed rock surface measure out 4,820 x 100 foot. (1,469 x 30 m). For the 12-month time period finish December 31, 2005, the airport had 3,350 aircraft functioning, an mean of nine per solar day: 75% air cab, 24% civil aviation and 1% armed forces.
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