Venetie Airport is a public use

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located in

Venetie Venetie ( ;Corey Goldberg," ''New York Times'', 9 May 1997. ''Vįįhtąįį'' in Gwich’in), is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. At the 2010 census, the population was 166, down from 202 in 2000. It include ...

, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the

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. It is privately owned by the Venetie Tribal Government. As per

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records, the airport had 1,993 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2008, 2,120 enplanements in 2009, and 2,523 in 2010. It is included in the

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

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'' airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 per year).

Facilities and aircraft

Venetie Airport has one

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designated 4/22 with a

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surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,900 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per month: 79%

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and 21%

Airlines and destinations

The following

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s offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Top destinations

References

External links

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