Ambler Airport

Ambler Airport (IATA: ABL, ICAO: PAFM, FAA LID: AFM) (Iñupiaq: Ivisaappaat Mirviat) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Ambler,^[1] a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

AirporttypePublic

OwnerAlaska DOT&PF - Northern Region

ServesAmbler, Alaska

ElevationAMSL334 ft (102 m)

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Ambler Airport
IATA: ABL ICAO: PAFM FAA LID: AFM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves	Ambler, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	334 ft (102 m)
Coordinates	67°06′23.9″N 157°51′25.6″W
Map
ABL Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 4,000 1,219 Gravel/dirt 10/28 2,410 735 Gravel/dirt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations 5,000 (2014) Based aircraft 1 Passengers 3,727 Freight 986,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,357 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 0.13% from the 2,354 enplanements in 2007.^[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.^[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AFM by the FAA^[1] and ABL by the IATA.^[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAFM.^[5]