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Emmonak Airport
Emmonak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Emmonak, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ENM by the FAA and EMK by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is PAEM. Facilities Emmonak Airport has one runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ... designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 4,601 by 100 feet (1,402 x 30 m). Airline and destinations Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations. Statistics See also * List of airports in Alaska References External links FAA Alaska airport diagram( GIF) * Airp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Alaska DOT&PF
The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is a department within the government of Alaska. Its headquarters are in Alaska's capital city, Juneau. The mission of Alaska DOT&PF is to "''Keep Alaska Moving through service and infrastructure.''" The Alaska Department of Transportation was established on July 1, 1977, by Alaska Highway Commissioner Walter B. Parker, Walter Parker during the administration of Governor of Alaska, Governor Jay Hammond. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities merged the former departments of Highways and Public Works. Alaska DOT&PF designs, constructs, operates and maintains the state's transportation infrastructure systems, buildings, and other facilities used by Alaskans and visitors. These include more than 5,600 miles of paved and gravel highways; more than 300 aviation facilities, including 235 rural airports and 2 international airports (Fairbanks International Airport and Ted Stevens Anchorage Intern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotlik Airport
Kotlik Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) west of the central business district of Kotlik, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 4,117 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 14% from the 3,654 enplanements in 2006. Facilities Kotlik Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 15 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a 4,422 x 100 ft (1,348 x 30 m) gravel surface. Airlines and destinations Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations. Top destinations See also * List of airports in Alaska References External links FAA Alaska airport diagram(GIF The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF; or , see pronunciation) is a bitmap image format that was developed by a team at the online ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located southwest of downtown Anchorage. The airport is named for Ted Stevens, a U.S. senator from Alaska in office from 1968 to 2009. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a medium-hub primary commercial service facility. History Built in 1951, the airport was served in the 1950s by Alaska Airlines, Northwest Orient, Pacific Northern Airlines and Reeve Aleutian Airways, using aircraft ranging from Douglas DC-3s to Boeing 377s, and was also a refueling stop for Canadian Pacific Air Lines service to the Far East (one such aircraft being involved in a 1951 disappearance). From 1955 to 2011, the eastern end of the airport's southernmost runway connected to the Kulis Air National Guard Base. By the mid-1980s the airport's nickname was "Crossroads of the World". Anchorage was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anchorage, AK
Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Matanuska-Susitna Borough, had a population of 398,328 in 2020, accounting for more than half the state's population. At of land area, the city is the fourth-largest by area in the United States and larger than the smallest state, Rhode Island, which has . Anchorage is in Southcentral Alaska, at the terminus of the Cook Inlet, on a peninsula formed by the Knik Arm to the north and the Turnagain Arm to the south. In September 1975, the City of Anchorage merged with the Greater Anchorage Area Borough, creating the Municipality of Anchorage. The municipal city limits span , encompassing the urban core, a joint military base, several outlying communities, and almost all of Chugach State Park. Because of this, less than 10% of the Municipali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunam Iqua, Alaska
Nunam Iqua, formerly called Sheldon Point, is a city in the Kusilvak Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2010 census the population was 187, up from 164 in 2000. ''Nunam Iqua'' is a Yupik name meaning "land's end" ( = "land"; = "end"). A man named Sheldon opened a fish saltery there in the 1930s, and the city was incorporated under the name Sheldon Point in 1974. The name was changed to Nunam Iqua in a November 1999 referendum. . Retrieved 30-Aug-2007. Geography Nunam Iqua is located at (62.516094, -164.895198). According to the , ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alakanuk, AK
Alakanuk ( esu, Alarneq) is a second class city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the Unorganized Borough in the western part of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 677, up from 652 in 2000. Location and Climate Alakanuk is located at 62.688890° North, 164.61528° West (Sec. 14, T030N, R082W, Seward Meridian). Alakanuk is located in the Bethel Recording District. Alakanuk is located at the east entrance of Alakanuk Pass, the major southern channel of the Yukon River, from the Bering Sea. It is part of the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. It lies southwest of Emmonak, approximately northwest of Bethel. It is the longest village on the lower Yukon - the development stretches over a area along the Pass. Approximately 25 homes along the bank are being threatened by erosion. The climate of Alakanuk is subarctic, averaging of snowfall and of total precipitation per year. Temperatures range from between . Heavy winds are frequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotlik, AK
Kotlik ( esu, Qerrulliik, russian: Котлик) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 577, down from 591 in 2000. Geography Kotlik is located at . Kotlik is located on the east bank of the Kotlik Slough, 35 miles northeast of Emmonak in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (17.85%) is water. The climate of Kotlik is subarctic. Temperatures range between -50 and 87. There is an average of 60 inches of snowfall and 16 inches of precipitation annually. The Yupik village of Bill Moore's Slough is contained within Kotlik. Demographics Kotlik first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated Inuit village of 8 residents. In 1890, it reported 31 residents, of which 9 were native (presumably Inuit) and 22 were "Creole" (mixed Native and Russian).http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1890a_v8-01. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Marys, AK
St. Mary's ( esu, Negeqliq) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States. The adjacent village of Andreafsky (historically known as Clear River) joined with St. Mary's in 1980. At the 2010 census the population was 507, up from 500 in 2000. By 2018, the population was estimated to be 567. Within Saint Mary's there are two federally-recognized tribes the ''Algaaciq Tribal Government'' and the ''Yuupiit of Andreafsky''.Nicole Herman-Mercer, 2010Indigenous environmental knowledge: past cases and future prospects/ref> Geography St. Mary's is located at (62.045305, -163.218629). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (12.47%) is water. Climate Demographics Saint Mary's first appeared on the 1960 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was formally incorporated in 1967. As of the census of 2000, there were 500 people, 137 households, and 90 families residing in the city. The population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethel, AK
Bethel ( esu, Mamterilleq) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is the largest community on the Kuskokwim River, located approximately upriver from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. It is also the largest city in western Alaska and in the Unorganized Borough, as well as the eighth-largest in the state. Bethel has a population of 6,325 as of the 2020 census, up from 6,080 in 2010. Annual events in Bethel include the Kuskokwim 300, a dogsled race; Camai, a Yup'ik dance festival held each spring; and the Bethel Fair held in August. History Southwestern Alaska has been the homelands of Yup'ik peoples and their ancestors for thousands of years. The residents of what became Bethel were called the Mamterillermiut, meaning "Smokehouse People", after their nearby fish smokehouse. In the late 19th century, the Alaska Commercial Company established a trading post in the town, called Mumtrekhlogamute, which had a population of 41 people by the 1880 US Cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Research And Innovative Technology Administration
The Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) is a unit of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT). It was created in 2005 to advance transportation science, technology, and analysis, as well as improve the coordination of transportation research within the department and throughout the transportation community. RITA performs four basic functions: #Coordinates the USDOT's research and education programs #Shares advanced technologies with the transportation system #Offers transportation statistics and analysis for decision-making #Supports national efforts to improve education and training in transportation-related fields RITA has over 750 employees in Washington, DC, at the Volpe Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts), and at the Transportation Safety Institute (Oklahoma City, OK). History RITA was created under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Program Improvement Act, and opened its doors on February 22, 2005. RITA's formation was part of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bureau Of Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the United States Department of Transportation, is a government office that compiles, analyzes, and publishes information on the nation's transportation systems across various modes; and strives to improve the DOT's statistical programs through research and the development of guidelines for data collection and analysis. BTS is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. History BTS was created in 1992 under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act. On February 20, 2005, BTS became part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). Through the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act passed on December 4, 2015, BTS and RITA moved to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology. Since 2009, BTS has also maintained a Twitterbr>feed with regular tweets related to the release of BTS data products and news bulletins concerning transpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvus Airlines
Northern Pacific Airways, Inc., d.b.a. Ravn Alaska, is an Alaskan airline that specializes in serving the small communities in the US state of Alaska. The airline is headquartered in Anchorage, which is also home to its primary hub, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. Ravn Alaska currently serves 12 communities in Alaska. Northern Pacific operates all of its flights using the Ravn Alaska brand. The company pronounces its name Ravn like the bird, Raven. Ravn has a partnership with Alaska Airlines, allowing passengers to book interlining flights and allowing passengers on most Ravn flights to earn miles in Alaska's Mileage Plan frequent-flyer program. History Northern Pacific traces its roots to June 20, 1948, and the founding of Economy Helicopters. The company was founded by Carl Brady; he flew the first commercial helicopter to Alaska to work on a mapping contract for the U.S. government. In the years that followed, Economy Helicopters renamed itself Era Helic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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