Bullen Point Short Range Radar Site
Bullen Point Short Range Radar Site (ICAO: PABU; LRR Site: A-20) is a former U.S. Air Force radar site and small military airstrip about 240 miles east-southeast of Point Barrow, Alaska. It sits at 70°10′35″N 146°51′18″W (70.17639°N, 146.85500°W) with an elevation of 18 ft (5 m). The gravel runway is 3,520 ft (1,073 m) long and oriented 15/33. The site is not open to the public.
Built in 1957 to support the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line radar at Point Lay (LIZ-2), it was supported by the Point Barrow Main DEW Line Station (POW-MAIN) and operated by civilian contractors. When the DEW Line ended in April 1995, the radar site was upgraded in 1994 and redesignated as part of the North Warning System as a Short Range Radar Site A-20, with a minimally attended AN/FPS-124 radar. In 1998, Operation Clean Sweep began to remediate abandoned Cold War sites, completed by 2005 by the 611th Civil Engineering Squadron. The site closed in 2007 due to soil erosion and budget concerns. The status of the accompanying support airport is unknown.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 07:14 (CET).