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Airport · ICAO · MP

Class D

Saipan International Airport

ID PGSN Elev 215 ft Lat 15° 7.16' N Lon 145° 43.73' E Zulu

FAA Airport Diagram · PGSN

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Runways at PGSN

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 8,700 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
07 068° 8,700 ft 200 ft ASP Yes
25 248° 8,700 ft 200 ft ASP Yes

Source: in-app airport database (runway lengths + headings), OurAirports for surface, width, lighting. Gradient computed from FAA NASR runway-end elevation deltas (the published RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of NASR rows; we derive it from the elevations the FAA does publish).

Communications

5 frequencies on file — tower, ground, ATIS, CTAF, approach, departure, etc.

  • ATIS ATIS 127.200
  • GND GND 121.800
  • TWR TWR 125.700
  • CNTR GUAM CNTR 118.400
  • RDO SAIPAN RDO 123.600

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Navaids associated with PGSN

  • NDB SN

    Saipan

    0.31 MHz · BOTH · MEDIUM

Field intel · synthesized from Chart Supplement

Plain-English translation of the Chart Supplement remarks for PGSN, anchored to the FAA's own text. Operational items first, advisory next, raw FAA prose at the bottom.

0 matched · 9 not yet translated

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (9 sentences)

Sentences our pattern matchers haven't yet templated. The full FAA text is authoritative — these aren't translation errors, just gaps in our rule library. Curators add new templates over time; coverage rises monotonically.

  • ·IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS AVBL DURG SCHEDULED OPNS.
  • ·OTHER TIMES PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS MUST BE MADE WITH CBP PORT DIRECTOR CALL (670)288-0025/26.
  • ·FOR ARPT SECURITY CALL (670) 237-6529.
  • ·RWY 06/24 OPEN FOR TAXIING ONLY (NOT AVBL FOR LDG AND TKOF).
  • ·OPEN FOR LDG AND TKOF WHEN RWY 7/25 CLSD.
  • ·PPR FM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMONWEALTH PORTS AUTHORITY SAIPAN CALL (670) 237-6500 MON-FRI 0800-1700 OTHER TIMES CALL (670) 237-6535.
  • ·CLSD TO UNSKED ACR OPNS WITH MORE THAN 30 PSGR SEATS EXC PPR CALL OR WRITE AMGR 670-237-6500; P.O.
  • ·BOX 501055 SAIPAN MP 96950.
  • ·PCR VALUE: 715/F/A/X/T TFC PAT ALT FOR LARGE & TURBINE POWERED ACFT 1485' AGL (1700' MSL); SMALL ACFT 985' AGL (1200' MSL).

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

Tags

Francisco C. Ada

Source: OurAirports community

IATA · SPN

NTSB events at PGSN

9 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

7

since 1982

Fatal

1

14.3% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

4

≈ 0.4/yr

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Last 10 years · n=4

  • Loss of control 1
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Ground collision 1

All time · n=9

  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Loss of control 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1
  • Gear-up landing 1
  • Ground collision 1

Categories derived from NTSB Findings descriptions and probable-cause text via deterministic rule matching. "Other" includes cases where the agency record didn't surface enough text to classify.

Canonical references

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