Rampart Airport is a state owned, public use

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located one

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(2 km) east of the

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, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the

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. Commercial service was subsidized by the

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program until October 2016. As per

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records, the airport had 224 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2008, 159 enplanements in 2009, and 224 in 2010. It is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''

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'' airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Rampart Airport has one

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designated 11/29 with a

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surface measuring 3,520 by 75 feet (1,073 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 350 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per month: 71%

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and 29%

Airlines and destinations

References

Other sources

* Essential Air Service documents
Docket OST-2008-0201
from the

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: *
90-Day Notice (June 26, 2008)
from Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc. of its intent to terminate essential air service ("EAS") between Fairbanks and Rampart, Alaska (unable to operate this service economically without a subsidy). *
Order 2008-7-7 (July 3, 2008)
the Department is prohibiting Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc., from suspending service at Rampart, Alaska, and requesting proposals by July 31 from carriers interested in providing replacement essential air service. *
Order 2008-9-20 (September 16, 2008)
selecting Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Rampart, Alaska, for the two-year period from September 24, 2008, through September 30, 2010, at an annual rate of $86,701. *
Order 2010-7-10 (July 15, 2010)
re-selecting Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Rampart, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of $97,679 from October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2012. *
Order 2012-10-14 (October 11, 2012)
re-selecting Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Rampart, Alaska, for $76,416 annually for two nonstop round trips per week to Fairbanks with Piper Navajo equipment through October 31, 2014.

External links

Topographic map
from

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FAA Alaska airport diagram
(

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) Airports in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Former Essential Air Service airports {{Alaska-airport-stub