McCarthy Airport
Encyclopedia
McCarthy Airport is a public airport
located one mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district
(CBD) of McCarthy
, Alaska
, USA
. It has two gravel runways and is built for small planes. In winter it is maintained irregularly. An average of 27 planes fly through it in a week.
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 one mile (2 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"...
(CBD) of McCarthy
McCarthy, Alaska
McCarthy is a census-designated place in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 42 at the 2000 census.- Geography and location:...
, 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...
, USA
United States
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. It has two gravel runways and is built for small planes. In winter it is maintained irregularly. An average of 27 planes fly through it in a week.
Airline
- Ellis Air Taxi (Gulkana) - subsidized by the Essential Air ServiceEssential Air ServiceEssential Air Service is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States, which, prior to deregulation, were served by certificated airlines, maintained commercial service. Its aim is to maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service to these...
program - Wrangell Mountain Air (Chitina) - Service available May 15 to Sept. 15
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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- Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 2009) from the U.S. Department of TransportationUnited States Department of TransportationThe United States Department of Transportation is a federal Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with transportation. It was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966, and began operation on April 1, 1967...
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