Sand Point Airport

For the airport in Sandpoint, Idaho, see Sandpoint Airport.

Sand Point Airport (IATA: SDP^[2], ICAO: PASD^[3], FAA LID: SDP) is a state owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Sand Point,^[1] a city in the Aleutians East Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to Anchorage International Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).^[4]

Sand Point Airport
IATA: SDP ICAO: PASD FAA LID: SDP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves	Sand Point, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	55°18′49″N 160°31′17″W
Map
SDP Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 5,213 1,589 Asphalt
Statistics (2003)
Aircraft operations 2,012
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 4,296 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[5] 3,957 in 2009, and 4,281 in 2010.^[6] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.^[7]

Facilities and aircraft

Sand Point Airport resides at elevation of 21 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,213 by 150 feet (1,589 x 46 m).^[1] For the 12-month period ending December 16, 2003, the airport had 2,012 aircraft operations, an average of 167 per month: 59.6% general aviation, 32.6% air taxi, and 7.8% scheduled commercial.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aleutian Airways	Anchorage, Cold Bay[8]
Ravn Alaska	Anchorage, Cold Bay (both suspended)[9][10]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2013^[11]

Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Peninsula	7,640(98.94%)
Grant Aviation	80(1.06%)

Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2013^[11]

Rank	Destination	Airport	Passengers
			2013	2012
1	Anchorage, AK	Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC)	3,850	3,650
2	King Salmon, AK	King Salmon Airport (AKN)	30	30
3	Cold Bay, AK	Cold Bay Airport (CDB)	30	70
4	Unalaska, AK	Unalaska Airport (DUT)	20	10
5	King Cove, AK	King Cove Airport (KVC)	20	<10
6	Akun, AK	Akutan Airport (7AK)	<10	<10
7	St. George Island, AK	St. George Airport (STG)	<10	<10
8	St. Paul, AK	St. Paul Island Airport (SNP)	<10	<10

See also

• List of airports in Alaska

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for SDP PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective November 15, 2012.
2. "IATA Airport Code Search (SDP: Sand Point / Municipal)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
3. "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Location Identifiers (Order JO 7350.8Y). Federal Aviation Administration. December 12, 2013.
4. "Where We Fly". Peninsula Airways (PenAir). Retrieved June 11, 2014.
5. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
6. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
7. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
8. "Aleutian Airways Adds Sand Point / Cold Bay From May 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
9. "Route Map". Retrieved 17 December 2020.
10. Greenly, Theo; Lusk, Andy (7 August 2024). "Ravn Alaska suspends service to the Aleutian Islands". Alaska Public Media.
11. "Sandpoint, AK: Sand Point (SDP)". 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 SDP, effective October 31, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for SDP
  • AirNav airport information for PASD
  • ASN accident history for SDP
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PASD
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for SDP