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{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox Airport
| name         = Cape Sabine DEW Line Station
| image        = Z53.png
| FAA          = Z53
| type         = Public
| owner        = [[Cully Corporation]]
| operator     = 
| city-served  = 
| location     = [[Cape Beaufort]], [[Alaska]]
| elevation-f  = 50
| elevation-m  = 15
| coordinates  = {{coord|69|01|28|N|163|51|26|W|region:US_type:airport}}
| website      =

| pushpin_map            = Alaska
| pushpin_mapsize        = 250
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location of Cape Sabine DEW Line Station
| pushpin_label          = '''Z53'''
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| built        =

| r1-number    = 2/20
| r1-length-f  = 2,700
| r1-length-m  = 823
| r1-surface   = [[Gravel]]
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=Z53|use=PU|own=PU|site=50080.5*A}}, effective 2006-06-08.</ref>
}}

'''Cape Sabine DEW Line Station''' {{airport codes|||Z53}} is a closed [[United States Air Force]] facility.  It was formerly a [[Distant Early Warning Line]] Intermediate type radar station.   It was closed in 1963 and has been abandoned ever since.    Title to the property has been transferred from the Air Force to the [[Cully Corporation]].<ref name=FAA />

== Facilities ==
Cape Sabine Airport had one [[runway]] designated 2/20 with a 2,700 by 50&nbsp;ft (823 x 15 m) [[gravel]] surface.<ref name=FAA />

==History==
The airport was built in 1957 to support the [[Distant Early Warning Line]] Radar station at Cape Sabine (LIZ-A). The station was logistically supported by the [[711th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron]] based at [[Cape Lisburne Air Force Station]], although Cape Sabine was operated by civilian contract workers.   It was closed in 1963 and has been abandoned ever since.

The radars and other military buildings were removed around 2000, returning the site to a natural condition.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119145728/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/Z53.gif FAA Alaska airport diagram] <small>([[GIF]])</small>
* {{SkyVector|Z53}}

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[[Category:Defunct airports in Alaska]]
[[Category:Airports in North Slope Borough, Alaska]]
[[Category:Bureau of Land Management]]


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