This is a list of
airport
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 surfa ...
s in
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.S. ...
(a
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
), 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
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 m ...
or airports assigned an
IATA 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.
Airports
Footnotes:
See also
*
List of airlines in Alaska
*
List of airports by ICAO code: P#PA PF PO PP - Alaska
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Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Alaska
References
Sources
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 5010National 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 DivisionAlaska Flight Services Information Area GroupFAI 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 & AirportsPublic 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
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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.S. ...
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