Russian Mission Airport is a state-owned public-use
airport
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located in
Russian Mission, a city in the
Kusilvak Census Area
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of the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
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.
Facilities
Russian Mission Airport covers an area of at an
elevation
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of 51 feet (16 m) above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
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designated 17/35 with a 3,600 by 100 ft (1,097 x 30 m)
gravel
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Gravel is classifi ...
surface. It also has a
seaplane
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landing area designated 18W/36W which covers an area of the
Yukon River
The Yukon River (Gwichʼin language, Gwich'in: ''Ųųg Han'' or ''Yuk Han'', Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik: ''Kuigpak'', Inupiaq language, Inupiaq: ''Kuukpak'', Deg Xinag language, Deg Xinag: ''Yeqin'', Hän language, Hän: ''Tth'echù' ...
measuring 3,000 by 500 ft (914 x 152 m).
Airlines and destinations
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Accidents and incidents
On Wednesday, August 31, 2016, a collision occurred near Russian Mission Airport involving a
Ravn Connect Cessna Caravan 208B EX aircraft that had been leased from Hageland Aviation Services and a Renfro's Alaskan Adventures Piper PA-18 Super Cub, killing the three people on board the Cessna Caravan 208B and the two on board the Piper aircraft. The Ravn Connect flight was a commercial one from Russian Mission Airport to
Marshall Don Hunter Sr. Airport in
Marshall
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, while the Renfro's Alaskan Adventures aircraft was on a charter flight from
Bethel Airport
Bethel Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 kilometre, km) southwest of the central business district of Bethel, Alaska, Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area, Alaska, Bethel Census Area of the ...
to a hunting location.
References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram(GIF
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)
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Airports in the Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
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