Red Dog Airport

Red Dog Airport (IATA: RDB, ICAO: PADG, FAA LID: DGG) is a private-use airport located at Red Dog Mine, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is privately owned by the NANA (Northwest Arctic Native Association) Regional Corporation. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 2/20 which measures 6,312 x 100 ft. (1,924 x 30 m).[1]

Red Dog Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerNANA
LocationRed Dog Mine, Alaska
Elevation AMSL969 ft / 295 m
Coordinates68°01′56″N 162°53′57″W
Map
PPC
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 6,312 1,924 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Enplanements8,475

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 7,968 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2005 and 8,475 enplanements (105 scheduled + 8,370 unscheduled) in 2006.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Red Dog Airport is assigned DGG by the FAA and RDB by the IATA.[3] The airport's ICAO identifier was changed from PARD to PADG.[4][5]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for DGG PDF, effective 2007-10-25
  2. FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005 and 2006
  3. Great Circle Mapper: RDB - Red Dog, Alaska
  4. TAWS Airport Database comparison. Universal Avionics Systems Corporation. (2007-06-20)
  5. FAA Location Identifiers (Order 7350.7Z): Alaskan ICAO Identifiers (Section 6G), published March 15, 2007


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