Kobuk Airport

Airport

OBU

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	4,020	1,225	Gravel

Statistics (2011)

Aircraft operations	5,000

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
Topographic map from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for OBU, effective July 11, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for OBU
- AirNav airport information for PAOB
- ASN accident history for OBU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PAOB
- Airport information for PAOB at Great Circle Mapper.