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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...

(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 were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an

IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA ) is a trade association of the world's airlines founded in 1945. IATA has been described as a cartel since, in addition to setting technical standards for airlines, IATA also organized tarif ...

airport code. Due to the small population combined with the large area of the state, much of which is wilderness, most of Alaska is both uninhabited and almost entirely undeveloped. This leads to many towns with no roads leading to them, which are only accessible by airplane (although many coastal villages are also accessible by ship, they nonetheless do not contain any roads accessible by the rest of North America). Because of this, virtually every town in Alaska has an airport. This leads to Alaska having by far the most airports in the country per capita, containing roughly 1 out of every 400 Americans but nearly 1 out of every 50 airports.

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Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the largest transportation agency of the U.S. government and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country as well as over surrounding international waters. Its powers include air traffic ...

(FAA):
FAA Airport Data (Form 5010)
from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available fro
AirportIQ 5010

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2021–2025)
released 2021
Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2019 and 2020
Updated November 8, 2021

effective September 20, 2012
Alaskan Region Airports Division

Alaska Flight Services Information Area Group

FAI FSS – Airport Photographs

Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is a department within the government of Alaska. Its headquarters are in Alaska's capital city, Juneau. The mission of Alaska DOT&PF is to "''Keep Alaska Moving through service ...

(DOT&PF):
DOT&PF Aviation & Airports

Public Airports in Alaska
* Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list: * – used to check IATA airport codes
Aviation Safety Network
– used to check IATA airport codes
AirNav.com: Airports in Alaska
– used to check ICAO airport codes
Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Alaska
– used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes

– used for information on former airports {{Alaska

Airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfac ...

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