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North Slope phone co-op moves to keep its Deadhorse airport site

by Cale Green · from an AI draft by Maggie AlaskaNewsJul 31, 2026, 12:24 AM AKDT(1mo ago)

1 min readDeadhorse, Alaska

The Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative would keep its communications building, shop and antenna tower on Deadhorse Airport land for another five years under a lease extension the state proposed Friday.

The extension covers about 50,000 square feet at $14,250 a year for non-aeronautical use. The state is granting it without competitive bidding under an aviation land statute that allows extending an existing lease rather than rebidding land already built on. ASTAC is a member-owned cooperative providing phone and broadband to North Slope villages and the oil fields.

Comments are due to the Department of Transportation by 4:30 p.m. Aug. 31.

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Source: DOT&PF proposes extension of state airport land lease ADA-72054 at Deadhorse (Jul 31, 2026).

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North Slope phone co-op moves to keep its Deadhorse airport site

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