Homer Airport
IATA: HOM – ICAO: PAHO – FAA LID: HOM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves		Homer, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		84 ft / 26 m
Coordinates		59°38′44″N 151°28′36″W / 59.64556°N 151.47667°W / 59.64556; -151.47667 (PAHO/HOM Homer airport)Coordinates: 59°38′44″N 151°28′36″W / 59.64556°N 151.47667°W / 59.64556; -151.47667 (PAHO/HOM Homer airport)
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
3/21	6,701	2,042	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			49,821
Based aircraft			93
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Homer Airport (IATA: HOM, ICAO: PAHO, FAA LID: HOM) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Homer, a town in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Main terminal on FAA road

Homer Airport covers an area of 1,040 acres (421 ha) at an elevation of 84 feet (26 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with a 6,701 x 150 ft (2,042 x 46 m) asphalt pavement, and a facility for floatplanes on nearby Beluga Lake.

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 49,821 aircraft operations, an average of 136 per day: 46% scheduled commercial, 32% air taxi, 22% general aviation and <1% military. At that time there were 93 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 3% helicopter and 2% ultralight. The FAA completed a new master plan for the airport in 2006 and expansion and safety improvements are ongoing. The plan calls for a new haul out area for floatplanes, a public-use helipad, a building for managing rescue and firefighting operations based at the airport, and other general improvements.

Airlines and destinations

• Era Aviation (Anchorage)
• Grant Aviation (Anchorage, Kodiak, Valdez)
• Homer Air (Kachemak Bay)
• Smokey Bay Air (Kachemak Bay)
• Island Air Service (Kodiak)
• There are also numerous sightseeing and fly-in fishing and hunting operations.

Notable incidents

In March of 2006, agents from the US Marshal service, in conjunction with local police, attempted to apprehend a violent methamphetamine dealer, Jason Karlo Anderson, who had fled from charges in Minnesota. The suspect had rented a car at the Homer airport, and the rental agent assisted police in luring him back to the airport. Marshals were unaware that the entire Homer High School choir, over 100 students, would be departing for a trip at the same time as the setup. The suspect apparently panicked when he arrived and discovered so many people at the airport, and a shootout ensued in the parking lot. The dealer was killed, but not before severely wounding his own infant son with a gunshot to the head. The infant's mother has contested the finding that Anderson shot his own son and in February 2009 filed against the U.S. Marshals asking for seventy-five million dollars in damages.

Homer, a small, maritime community located at the southwest tip of the Kenai Peninsula, receives much of its economic support from a busy fishing and tourism industry. Although it enjoys year-round access via the Sterling Highway, Homer also has an airport that includes a 6,700’ x 150’ asphalt runway and accommodates floatplanes on Beluga Lake.

The airport is used as a base of operations for fishing and sightseeing flights and is also used by other commercial operators and air cargo carriers.  ADOT&PF owns and operates the airport in Homer and is seeking to update the comprehensive Airport Master Plan completed in 1985.

Runway Information

Runway 03/21

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

• NO LINE OF SIGHT BETWEEN RY ENDS.
• 365 FT TWR 9 NM W OF ARPT UNLGTD.
• PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT MAY BE WORKING ON THE RY AT ANY TIME.
• TPA 800 FT AGL FOR FIXED WING ACFT; TPA 600 FT AGL & BLO FOR ROTARY ACFT.
• MAINTENANCE DUTY HRS 0800-2200.
• REPORTING SNOW/ICE AND RY CONDITION DURING MAINTENANCE DUTY HRS ONLY.
• TWYS A, B SOUTH , D & E CLSD TO ACFT OVER 12500 LBS.
• PILOTS ARE REQUESTED TO SELF-ANNOUNCE ON CTAF PRIOR TO TAXIING ON RWY FOR DEPARTURE; LEAVING THE RWY AND WITHIN 10 NM OF THE ARPT WHEN APPROACHING TO LAND.
• TRANSIENT PARKING DESIGNATED WITH GREEN CONES.
• SEA BIRDS & MIGRATORY WATER FOWL ON & INVOF ARPT DURG SPRING & SUMMER.
• TRANSIENT GENERAL AVIATION PARKING ON SOUTH SIDE OF RY.
• LGTD HELIPAD AT MARITIME HELICOPTERS - BELL SVC CENTER 123.05.
• ARFF EQUIP STAFFED DURING PERIODS OF ACR OPNS ONLY.
• THE GRVL ROAD ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF RY IS NOT A TWY & IS CLSD TO ALL ACFT.

Based Aircraft

Operational Statistics

Homer Airport

Address: Kenai-cook Inlet County, AK

Tel: 907-269-0767, 907-235-8872

URL: http://www.homerairport.com/index.html

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General Info
Country	United States
State	ALASKA
FAA ID	HOM
Latitude	59-38-44.000N
Longitude	151-28-35.700W
Elevation	84 feet
Near City	HOMER