Deadhorse Airport

{{Short description|Airport in Alaska}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Deadhorse Airport

| nativename = Prudhoe Airport

| image = SCC-b.jpg

| image-width = 250

| IATA = SCC

| ICAO = PASC

| FAA = SCC

| type = Public

| owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region

| operator =

| city-served =

| location = Deadhorse, Alaska

| elevation-f = 64

| elevation-m = 20

| coordinates = {{coord|70|11|41|N|148|27|55|W|type:airport}}

| website =

| pushpin_map = Alaska

| pushpin_mapsize = 250

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Deadhorse Airport

| pushpin_label = SCC

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| built =

| r1-number = 6/24

| r1-length-f = 6,500

| r1-length-m = 1,981

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2016

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 32,912

| stat2-header = Based aircraft

| stat2-data = 10

| stat3-header = Passengers

| stat3-data = 82,100

| stat4-header = Freight

| stat4-data = 32,000,000 lbs

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=SCC|use=PU|own=PU|site=50140.7*A}}, retrieved 2017-05-05

}}

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Deadhorse Airport {{Airport codes|SCC|PASC|SCC}} is a public airport located in Deadhorse on the North Slope of Alaska. It can be accessed from Fairbanks via the Elliott and Dalton highways. It is near Prudhoe Bay and is sometimes also called Prudhoe Airport.

File:Deadhorse_AK_Airport.jpg

Facilities and aircraft

Deadhorse Airport covers {{convert|6506|acre|ha|0}} and has one 6,500 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m) paved runway (5/23).

Deadhorse Airport, on average has 10 aircraft on the field, three single-engine aircraft, two multiengine aircraft and 5 helicopters.

For the 12-month period ending August 22, 2008, the airport had 19,710 aircraft operations, averaging 54 per day: 54% general aviation, 28% air taxi, 18% scheduled commercial and 1% military.

Airlines and destinations

Source:{{Cite web |title=Deadhorse Airport Improvements, Transportation & Public Facilities |url=https://dot.alaska.gov/nreg/deadhorse/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=dot.alaska.gov}}{{Cite web |title=SCC Arrivals and Departures - Plane Finder |url=https://planefinder.net/airport/SCC}}

{{Airport destination list

| Alaska Airlines | Anchorage[https://planefinder.net/data/flight/AS9664] Retrieved May 22, 2024.[https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=ANC&destination=PASC] Retrieved May 22, 2024

| Wright Air Service | Fairbanks,[https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=PAFA&destination=PASC] Retrieved May 22, 2024 Kaktovik/Barter Island,[https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=PABA&destination=PASC] Retrieved May 22, 2024 Nuiqsut, Utqiagvik[http://info.flightmapper.net/airline/WRT/SCC Wright Schedule] Retrieved Sep 11, 2022.[https://www.flightaware.com/live/findflight?origin=PAQT&destination=PASC] Retrieved May 22, 2024

}}

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations. Wright Air Service, based in Fairbanks, Alaska, purchased Ravn's terminal and other assets and now operates across the North Slope out of that location.

The airport first opened in April 1970, and does not have a control tower. The elevation of the airport is 67.4 ft (20.5m).

=Historical air service=

Wien Air Alaska began serving the airport during the early 1970s with Boeing 737-200 jet service operated nonstop to both Anchorage and Fairbanks.http://www.timetableimages.com, June 1, 1974 Wien Air Alaska timetable By 1984, Wien was operating direct, no change of plane 737 service to the lower 48 states in the U.S. on a daily basis with a routing of Prudhoe Bay - Fairbanks - Anchorage - Seattle - Oakland - Phoenix.http://www.departedflights.com, Sept. 1, 1984 Wien Airlines system timetable Western Airlines briefly served Prudhoe Bay during early 1982 with nonstop jet service to Anchorage and was the only major U.S. air carrier at the time to directly serve the airport.http://www.departedflights.com, Jan. 1, 1982 Western Airlines route map Alaska Airlines began serving Prudhoe Bay in December 1981 with Boeing 737-200 service to Anchorage and Fairbanks.http://www.departedflights.com, Alaska Airlines 1981 Annual Report In 1982, Alaska Airlines was operating a multi-stop 737 service on a routing of Prudhoe Bay - Anchorage - Cordova, AK - Yakutat, AK - Juneau - Sitka, AK - Seattle.http://www.departedflights.com, Sept. 7, 1982 Alaska Airlines system timetable Also in 1982, Alaska Airlines and Continental Airlines were cooperating with daily no change of plane interchange jet service from the lower 48 states flying a routing of Tulsa - Wichita - Denver - Portland, OR - Anchorage - Fairbanks - Prudhoe Bay.http://www.departedflights.com, June 1, 1982 Continental Airlines/Texas International Airlines system timetable By 1985, MarkAir was operating nonstop Boeing 737-200 service to Anchorage, Fairbanks and Barrow, AK.http://www.departedflights.com, Oct. 15, 1985 MarkAir route map

Statistics

class="wikitable"

|+ Top airlines at MRI (September 2021 - August 2022)

! Rank

! Airline

! Passengers

! Percent of market share

align=right | 1

| Alaska Airlines

| align=right | 39,840

| align=right | 74.35%

align=right | 2

| Horizon Air (Alaska Airlines)

| align=right | 9,340

| align=right | 17.43%

align=right | 3

| Wright Air Service

| align=right | 4,320

| align=right | 8.06%

align=right | 4

| 70 North

| align=right | 80

| align=right | 0.16%

class="wikitable"

|+ Top domestic destinations: September 2021 – August 2022

{{cite web

| url = https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E&Nv42146=fPP&Nv42146_anzr=Qrnqu145r,%20NX:%20Qrnqu145r%20Nv42146&pn44vr4=SNPgf

| title = Deadhorse, AK: Deadhorse (SCC)

| publisher = Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation

| date = August 2022 | access-date = Dec 2, 2022

}}

! Rank

! City

! Airport

! Passengers

! Carriers

align=right | 1

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Anchorage, AK

| Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

| align=right | 24,520

| Alaska

align=right | 2

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Nuiqsut, AK

| Nuiqsut Airport

| align=right | 710

| Wright

align=right | 3

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Utqiaġvik, AK

| Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport

| align=right | 580

| Wright

align=right | 4

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Fairbanks, AK

| Fairbanks International Airport

| align=right | 540

| Wright

align=right | 5

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Kaktovik / Barter Island, AK

| Barter Island LRRS Airport

| align=right | 470

| Wright

See also

References

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