Manokotak Airport is a state-owned public-use
airport
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located one mile (2 km) north of the
central business district
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of
Manokotak, a city in the
Dillingham Census Area
Dillingham Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,857, slightly up from 4,847 in 2010. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its l ...
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., ...
.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the
FAA
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and
IATA
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, Manokotak Airport is assigned MBA by the FAA and KMO by the IATA (which assigned MBA to
Moi International Airport
Moi International Airport is an international airport in Mombasa, the second-largest city in Kenya. In 2020 the airport was heralded as the "Best Airport in Africa" (with under 2 million passengers annually) by Airports Council International. ...
in
Mombasa
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,
Kenya
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Facilities and aircraft
Manokotak Airport has one runway
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designated 1/19 with a 2,720 x 60 ft (829 x 18 m) gravel
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Gravel is classifi ...
surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2001, the airport had 1,200 aircraft operations: 83% air taxi
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In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...
and 17% general aviation
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.
Airlines and destinations
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
FAA Alaska airport diagram
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Airports in the Dillingham Census Area, Alaska
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