Clear Sky Lodge Airport is a public-use
airport
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located four nautical miles (7 km) south of the
central business district
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of
Clear,
Alaska
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,
United States
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. This airport is privately owned by Rabideau's Clear Sky Lodge.
Rabideau's Clear Sky Lodge
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to the Coltishall military airbase in England, now closed.
Facilities and aircraft
Clear Sky Lodge Airport has one runway
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designated 2/20 with a 2,500 by 20 ft (762 x 6 m) gravel
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and dirt surface. For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 800 aircraft operations, an average of 66 per month, all of which were general aviation
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.
See also
* Clear Airport (FAA: ''Z84'', ICAO: ''PACL'')
* List of airports in Alaska
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References
External links
Alaska FAA airport diagram
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Airports in Denali Borough, Alaska
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