Shageluk Airport is a state-owned public-use
airport
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located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the
central business district of
Shageluk, a city in the
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
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.
Facilities
Shageluk Airport covers an area of at an
elevation
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of 79 feet (24 m) above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
designated 16/34 with a
gravel surface measuring 3,400 by 50 feet (1,036 x 15 m) (expanded from the prior size of 2,200 by 35 feet). It also has a
seaplane
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landing area on the
Innoko River designated 18W/36W which measures 5,000 by 1,000 feet.
Airlines and destinations
References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram( GIF)
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Airports in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
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