Togiak Airport is a state-owned, public-use
airport
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located in
Togiak Village, in the
Bethel Census Area of the
U.S. state of
Alaska
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.
As per
Federal Aviation Administration
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records, this airport had 1,781 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in
calendar year
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2008, a decrease of 6% from the 1,886 enplanements in 2007 and 43% from the 3,119 enplanements in 2006.
Togiak Airport is included in the FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) is an inventory of U.S. aviation infrastructure assets. NPIAS was developed and now maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
(2009–2013) as ''
commercial service - non-primary'', a category for airports with 2,500 to 10,000 enplanements per year.
FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
Airlines and destinations
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Facilities and aircraft
Togiak Airport has two runway
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s with gravel
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Gravel is classifi ...
surfaces: 3/21 measures 4,400 by 75 feet (1,341 x 23 m) and 10/28 is 981 by 59 feet (299 x 18 m). The airport is unattended. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 10,200 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 78% 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 22% general aviation
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.CTAF
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Many towered airports close their towers overnight, keeping ...
.
* Segmented circle damaged & overgrown with vegetation.
* Runway condition not monitored, recommend visual inspection prior to use.
* When available weather reports hourly only.
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 Bethel Census Area, Alaska
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