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The radar surveillance station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was re-designated as a Long Range Radar (LRR) site as part of the Alaska Radar System. Today, it remains active as part of the Alaska NORAD Region under the command of the 611th Air and Space Operations Center, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.
The 65th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 65 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Asia and North America.. At this latitude the sun is visible for 22 hours, 4 minutes during the June solstice and 3 hours, 35 minutes during the December solstice.
Sparrevohn LRRS Airport (IATA: SVW, ICAO: PASV, FAA LID: SVW) is a military airstrip located south of Sparrevohn, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The airstrip is also located 129 miles (208 km) south of McGrath, Alaska, and 188 miles (303 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska.
The ground control intercept (GCI) station was closed on 1 November 1983, and was re-designated as a Long Range Radar (LRR) site as part of the Alaska Radar System. Today, it remains active as part of the Alaska NORAD Region under the jurisdiction of the 611th Air Support Group, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.
Map; AKP. Location of airport in Alaska. Runways; Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 4,800 1,463 Gravel Statistics (2015) Aircraft operations: 3,600 (2014)
Today the site is privately owned; buildings, radar towers, and communications antennas are in deteriorated condition. Beginning in 1978, nine of the buildings have been repurposed by the Middleton Island Marine Biological Station to study cliff-dwelling seabirds, which roost in the buildings. In the 1990s, the station began building bird ...
Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (IATA: UTO, ICAO: PAIM, FAA LID: UTO) is a military airstrip located south of Utopia Creek, in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The airstrip is also located 15.8 miles (25.4 km) east-southeast of Hughes, Alaska. It is not open for public use.
Ladd Army Airfield, about 1943 Emblem of the 5001st Air Base Group, Ladd AFB 1947-1959 Ladd AFB organizational chart, 1952. Ladd Army Airfield (IATA: FBK, ICAO: PAFB, FAA LID: FBK) is the military airfield located at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska.