Yakataga Airport is a public-use airport

Airport

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 serving Yakataga in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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. It lies in the western section of Yakutat Borough

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska

Yakutat City and Borough is a unified city-borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4035. The name is Tlingit, Yaakwdáat, meaning "the place where canoes rest", but it originally derives from an Eyak name diyaʼqudaʼt and was influenced by the Tlingit word...

. Scheduled passenger service at this airport is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation

United States Department of Transportation

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 via the Essential Air Service

Essential Air Service

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 program.

Facilities and aircraft

Yakataga Airport covers an area of 1115 acres (451.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 12 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 8/26 with a 4,350 by 75 ft (1,326 x 23 m) turf

Grass

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 surface. For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 350 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per month: 43% air taxi

Air taxi

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, 43% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 14% military

Military aviation

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External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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