Galbraith Lake Airport
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Galbraith Lake Airport | |||||||||
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 View of airport and lake from the north | |||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF | ||||||||
| Serves | Galbraith Lake, Alaska | ||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,663 ft / 812 m | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 68°28′47″N 149°29′24″W / 68.47972°N 149.49000°W | ||||||||
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  PAGB Location of Galbraith Lake Airport  PAGB PAGB (North America) | |||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Galbraith Lake Airport (IATA: GBH, ICAO: PAGB, FAA LID: GBH) is a state-owned, public-use airport located at Galbraith Lake in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has an office at the airport.[2] The lake and airport are located west of the Dalton Highway and north of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System's Pump Station 4.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it was classified as a general aviation airport.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Galbraith Lake Airport has one runway designated 13/31 with a gravel surface measuring 5,182 by 150 feet (1,579 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending July 10, 2008, the airport had 361 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per month: 49% air taxi, 44% general aviation, and 7% scheduled commercial.[1]
Accidents
[edit]- 30 August 1974: Alaska International Air Lockheed L-100 Hercules N100AK exploded at Galbraith Lake Airport while unloading gasoline. The flight engineer died of burns almost three weeks later.[4][5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for GBH PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
- ^ a b Annotated aerial view of Galbraith Lake Airport
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009–2013
- ^ Flight engineer dies Fairbanks (AK) Daily News-Miner, 19 September 1974
- ^ "Aircraft accident Lockheed L-100 Hercules N100AK Galbraith Lake Airport". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
External links
[edit]- "FAA Alaska airport diagram". FAA, Alaska Region. 25 Dec 2003. Archived from the original (GIF) on 19 January 2005.
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GBH
- AirNav airport information for PAGB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAGB
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for GBH
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