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Kobuk Airport
Kobuk Airport
	IATA: OBU; ICAO: PAOB; FAA LID: OBU;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF
Serves	Kobuk, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	142 ft / 43 m
Coordinates	66°54′44″N 156°53′50″W / 66.91222°N 156.89722°W
Map
	OBU Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	5,000
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Kobuk Airport (IATA: OBU^[2], ICAO: PAOB^[3], FAA LID: OBU) (Iñupiaq: Laugviik Mirviak) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Kobuk,^[1] a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,176 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[4] 1,048 in 2009, and 1,255 in 2010.^[5] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).^[6]

Facilities and aircraft

Kobuk Airport covers an area of 167 acres (68 ha) at an elevation of 142 feet (43 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a gravel surface measuring 4,020 by 75 feet (1,225 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 29, 2011, the airport had 5,000 aircraft operations, an average of 13 per day, 100% air taxi.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations
Bering Air	Ambler, Kotzebue, Shungnak^[7]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2013^[8]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Bering	1,510(51.30%)
Hageland	1,410(48.16%)
Wright	20(0.55%)

Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2013^[8]
Rank	Destination	Airport	Passengers
Rank	Destination	Airport	2013	2012
1	Kotzebue, AK	Ralph Wien Memorial (OTZ)	1,190	1,040
2	Shungnak, AK	Shungnak Airport (SHG)	130	130
3	Ambler, AK	Ambler Airport (ABL)	30	20
4	Selawik, AK	Selawik Airport (WLK)	30	20
5	Noorvik, Alaska	Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial (ORV)	20	10
6	Kiana, Alaska	Bob Baker Memorial (IAN)	20	10
7	Fairbanks, Alaska	Fairbanks International (FAI)	10	<10
8	Prospect Creek, AK	Prospect Creek Airport (PPC)	<10	<10
9	Barrow, AK	Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial (BRW)	<10	<10
10	Anchorage, AK	Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC)	<10	<10

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for OBU PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.
^ "IATA Airport Code Search (OBU: Kobuk/Wien)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Location Identifiers (Order JO 7350.8Y). Federal Aviation Administration. December 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
^ "Kotzebue Flight Schedule" (PDF). Bering Air. October 7, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2014. Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Kobuk, AK: Kobuk Airport (OBU)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved June 11, 2014.