Crooked Creek Airport
Encyclopedia
Crooked Creek Airport is a public airport
located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district
of Crooked Creek
, in the U.S. state
of Alaska
.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
for the FAA
and IATA
, Crooked Creek Airport is assigned CJX by the FAA and CKD by the IATA.
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Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of Crooked Creek
Crooked Creek, Alaska
Crooked Creek is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is 137.-Geography:Crooked Creek is located at ....
, in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...
for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...
, Crooked Creek Airport is assigned CJX by the FAA and CKD by the IATA.
Facilities
Crooked Creek Airport has one runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
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- Runway 13/31: 1,997 x 60 ft. (609 x 18 m), Surface: Gravel/Dirt
Airline and destinations
- Hageland Aviation ServicesHageland Aviation ServicesHageland Aviation Services was a regional airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It serves nine destinations in Alaska and operates state wide charter services...
(Red Devil, Sleetmute [1 stop], Stony River [2 stops], Aniak [3 stops])
External links
- Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIFGIFThe Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
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- Resources for this airport:
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