Guyed tower 1297481 — Wainwright, AK

At 11 m, structure 1297481 is about 33% of the 33 m average across the 92 structures registered in North Slope Borough. It is about 32% of the Alaska average of 34 m across 1,987 registrations. Among the 20,259 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (GTOWER), the average overall height is 107 m, so this one is about 10% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 12 m, which puts the top of the structure 23 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Wainwright in North Slope Borough, Alaska, at coordinates 70.63622, -160.03064, with the site address filed as "At the GCI earth station in Wainwright". North Slope Borough has 92 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 6th-largest count among the 28 Alaska counties with registrations, and 68 of them are marked constructed. Alaska as a whole has 1,987 registrations, the 31st-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Wainwright, AK · 1023087, a guyed tower at 29 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1297481 on Nov 9, 2015. Nationally, 141,861 of the 197,703 registrations (71.8%) carry the constructed status, including 1,478 in Alaska.

The FCC record lists GCI Communication Corp of Anchorage, AK as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0001568880. Across the registry it holds 88 structure registrations, the 220th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 88 in Alaska. Its most common filed structure-type code is LTOWER (24 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2015-AAL-358-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".