Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport guide

Cape Lisburne LRRS Airport (ICAO PALU, FAA LUR) is a gravel airstrip on the Lisburne Peninsula in the North Slope Borough of northwestern Alaska. It sits on the Arctic coast of the Chukchi Sea, inside the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. No road links the site to any community.

The U.S. Air Force built the field in the early 1950s to serve the Cape Lisburne Air Force Station. It now gives contractors access to the Long Range Radar Station for servicing. The airport has no staff and no control tower.

The airport is private use and closed to the public, and pilots need permission before landing. The single gravel runway is about 4,800 feet long and 135 feet wide and is reported in poor condition. Extreme winter weather can make the site inaccessible. Bering Air has flown the route to Kotzebue; Wikipedia records 268 passengers in 2015.