Cold Bay Airport

Cold Bay Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	PACD
IATA code	CDB
Coordinates	55 ° 12 '22 "  N , 162 ° 43' 32"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 12 '22 "  N , 162 ° 43' 32"  W.
Height above MSL	29 m (95  ft )
Basic data
surface	896 ha
Flight movements	9,090 (2015/16)
Runways
08/26	1291 m × 46 m asphalt
14/32	3174 m × 46 m asphalt

Cold Bay Airport ( IATA code : CDB , ICAO code : PACD ) is a public airport in Cold Bay , Alaska . It is owned by the state and is the main airport on the Alaska Peninsula .

The main runway is the fifth largest in Alaska and was built during World War II. Today it is mainly used by scheduled cargo flights and is occasionally used as an emergency runway for passenger flights over the Pacific .

Cold Bay Airport was also an alternative landing site for NASA space shuttles .

freight

• Alaska Central Express
• Evergreen International Airlines

Web links

Commons : Cold Bay Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} AirportIQ 5010: Cold Bay. GCR1.com, accessed October 4, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Continental trans-Pacific flight makes emergency landing (October 19, 2004)