Kongiganak Airport
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Kongiganak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport
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 eight nautical miles (15 km) northeast 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 Kongiganak
Kongiganak, Alaska
Kongiganak is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 359.-Geography:Kongiganak is located at ....

, in the Bethel Census Area
Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Bethel Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of 2000, the population is 16,006. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...

 of the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 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
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 and IATA
International Air Transport Association
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, this airport is assigned DUY by the FAA and KKH by the IATA. The airport's ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
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 identifier is PADY.

Facilities and aircraft

Kongiganak Airport has one runway
Runway
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 designated 18/36 with a gravel
Gravel
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 surface measuring 1,885 by 35 feet (575 x 11 m). For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2005, the airport had 1,200 general aviation
General aviation
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 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per month.

Airlines and non-stop destinations

  • Aero Flight
    Aero Flight
    Aero Flight GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs-KG was an airline based in Oberursel , Germany. It operated and scheduled an international charter passenger service.-Code data:*IATA Code: GV*ICAO Code: ARF*Callsign: Aero Fox-History:...

     (Bethel, Kwigillingok)
  • Flight Alaska
    Flight Alaska
    Flight Alaska is an American airline based in Bethel, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled services to over 22 villages in Alaska and also provides charter services throughout Alaska. Its main base is Bethel Airport.-History:...

     (Kwigillingok)
  • Frontier Flying Service
    Frontier Flying Service
    Frontier Flying Service is an American airline headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It operates an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities, primarily north of Fairbanks, as well as charter services to the lower 48 and...

     (Kwigillingok, Tuntatuliak)
  • Hageland Aviation Services
    Hageland Aviation Services
    Hageland Aviation Services was a regional airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It serves nine destinations in Alaska and operates state wide charter services...


Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of KKH
(July 2010 - June 2011)
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1   Bethel, AK
Bethel Airport
Bethel Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities and aircraft :...

3,000 Grant, Hageland

External links

  • Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF
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    )
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