Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ugnu–Kuparuk Airport

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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn, looks like I was wrong. (non-admin closure) Hog Farm _Bacon 18:04, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ugnu–Kuparuk Airport

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At least from the way I think about this, I'm seeing a WP:GNG failure. It's a private use airport maintained by an oil corporation in isolated northern Alaska, presumably to service oil operations. Sources are a FAA form and the Great Circle Mapper, which mostly calculates distances between airports. My WP:BEFORE turned up weather station results from a nearby monitoring post, some routine airport database entries, and more government forms. I'm not seeing notability for a corporate-use airfield that doesn't get in-depth coverage in secondary sources. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:19, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Geography-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:19, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:19, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alaska-related deletion discussions. Hog Farm _Bacon 17:19, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I disagree - airports tend to be along the lines of railway stations where they are usually notable just for existing, and there's even some mention the airspace around the airport is controlled, which makes this a lot more substantial than your usual Bob-had-a-landing-strip-behind-his-farm and-now-it's-in-an-airport-database deletes. Also noted in a defence plan for the US, and the runway was recently paved with asphalt. Not the best article on the site, but still worth keeping. SportingFlyer T·C 17:57, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - part of the Five Pillars is that Wikipedia is, in part, a gazzeteer, and airports are considered, generally, to be within that scope and thus covered. There is a line when it comes to private airports, but one with a six thousand foot paved runway would seem to fall above that line. It does need further research and referencing but that should be done in the scope of normal editing. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 18:00, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.