Kwethluk Airport is a state-owned public-use
airport
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located in
Kwethluk
Kwethluk ( ; esu, Kuiggluk) is a city in Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2010 census the population was 721, up from 713 in 2000.
Geography
Kwethluk is located at (60.802332, -161.418556). It lies at the confluence of th ...
, a city in the
Bethel Census Area
Bethel Census Area is a census area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population is 18,666, up from 17,013 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community is the ci ...
of the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
.
As per
Federal Aviation Administration
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records, this airport had 2,923 passenger boardings (enplanements) in
calendar year
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2007, an increase of 26% from the 2,329 enplanements in 2006.
Facilities
Kwethluk Airport has one
gravel
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surfaced
runway
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(18/36) measuring 3,198 by 75 ft. (975 by 23 m).
The airport was relocated from its former site at coordinates which had a 1,750 by 35 ft runway (6/24) and a 5,000 x 500 ft
seaplane
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landing area.
Aerial photo showing locations of old and new airports
WikiMapia. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
See also
* List of airports in Alaska
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that we ...
References
External links
* Resources for this airport:
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Airports in the Bethel Census Area, Alaska
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