Terminal Procedures

PAPO — Point Hope

POINT HOPE, AK · 5 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

FAA PHOElevation 20 ft1 runwayLongest 4,000 ftNon-toweredVolume AK-1Not for navigation

3 published instrument approaches: 3 RNAV (GPS), serving 2 runway ends.

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Instrument approach procedures

ChartAmendment
RNAV (GPS) RWY 03 chart previewRNAV (GPS) RWY 031PDF
RNAV (GPS) RWY 21 chart previewRNAV (GPS) RWY 210APDF
RNAV (GPS)-A chart previewRNAV (GPS)-A1PDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

ChartAmendment
TAKEOFF MINIMUMS chart previewTAKEOFF MINIMUMS—PDF
ALTERNATE MINIMUMS chart previewALTERNATE MINIMUMS—PDF

Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.

PAPO airport information

Control tower
No
Attendance
Unattended
ARTCC
Anchorage Center
Flight service
Kotzebue
NOTAM facility
PHO (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation
6E
Beacon
White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator
Lighted
Segmented circle
Yes
Parking
Tie-downs
Customs
Landing rights airport
Activated
July 1958
Airport area
22 acres
Ownership
Publicly owned
Sectional
Cape Lisburne
Last FAA inspection
2025-07-12

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

PAPO radio frequencies

ServiceFrequencyCall sign
CTAF122.8

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

4,000 × 75 ft0321N500 ft
Runway layout at PAPO, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.
RunwayLengthWidth SurfaceLighting
03/214,000 ft75 ftAsphalt GoodMedium intensity
  03 36°TPAPI (4-box) 3°
  21 216°TPAPI (4-box) 3°

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where PAPO is

Latitude, longitude68.3481290, -166.7991270
Elevation20 ft
From Point Hope2 nm SW

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FAA remarks for PAPO

  • NORTHWEST ARCTIC BOROUGH
  • ACTVT PAPI RWY 03/21; MIRL RWY 03/21 - CTAF.
  • 1-3 IN CRACKS ACRS WIDTH SPACED 200-500 FT ENTR LENGTH.
  • RWY COND UNMNT; RCMND VISUAL INSP PRIOR TO LNDG.
  • FUEL AVBL EMERG ONLY.
  • WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTPS://WEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Airports near PAPO

IDAirportCity DistanceCharts
PALUCape Lisburne LrrsCAPE LISBURNE, AK35 nm NE6

VFR charts covering PAPO

Cape LisburneSectional Chart

Common questions about PAPO

What charts are available for PAPO?

5 current FAA charts for Point Hope, including 3 instrument approachs. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for PAPO?

CTAF 122.8. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at PAPO?

Point Hope has 1 runway. The longest is 03/21 at 4,000 ft by 75 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does PAPO have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total PAPO has 3 published instrument approaches, of which 3 are RNAV (GPS).

Is PAPO a towered airport?

No — Point Hope has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these PAPO charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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