Twin Hills Airport is a state-owned, public-use

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serving

Twin Hills Twin Hills ( esu, Ingricuar) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 74 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, up from 69 in 2000. Although Tw ...

, in the

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of the U.S. state of

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. Scheduled airline service to Dillingham Airport is provided by

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(PenAir).2009 Timetables
. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009. As per

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records, this airport had 395 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2008, a decrease of 23% from the 510 enplanements in 2007. Twin Hills Airport is included in the FAA's

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(2009–2013), which categorizes it as a ''

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'' facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the

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and

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, this airport is assigned A63 by the FAA and TWA by the IATA.Great Circle Mapper: TWA - Twin Hills, Alaska
Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.

Facilities and aircraft

Twin Hills Airport has one

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designated 18/36 with a

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surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2009, the airport had 1,900 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per month: 87%

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and 13%

Airlines and destinations

References

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram
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) Airports in the Dillingham Census Area, Alaska {{Alaska-airport-stub

Facilities and aircraft

Airlines and destinations

See also

References

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