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Arctic Village Airport

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Arctic Village Airport
A party of residents meet an arriving airplane at Arctic Village.
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerVenetie Tribal Government
ServesArctic Village, Alaska
Elevation AMSL2,092 ft / 638 m
Coordinates68°06′53″N 145°34′46″W / 68.11472°N 145.57944°W / 68.11472; -145.57944
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ARC is located in Alaska
ARC
ARC
Location of airport in Alaska
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 4,500 1,372 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations1,627
Based aircraft0
Passengers3,216
Freight357,000 lbs

Arctic Village Airport (IATA: ARC, ICAO: PARC, FAA LID: ARC) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Arctic Village,[1] a Native American village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the Venetie Tribal Government.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

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Arctic Village Airport has one runway designated 2/20 with a gravel surface measuring 4,500 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,627 aircraft operations, an average of 135 per month: 89% air taxi and 11% general aviation.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Everts Air Fairbanks[2]
Wright Air Service Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Venetie[3]

As of 2019, Wright Air Service is flying only to Venetie (VEE) during the whole week except on Sunday.[4]

Statistics

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Carrier shares: January – December 2015[5]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Wright Air
3,210(99.69%)
Everts Air
10(0.31%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[5]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Fairbanks, AK Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) 1,300
2 Fort Yukon, AK Fort Yukon Airport (FYU) 130
3 Venetie, AK Venetie Airport (VEE) 120

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for ARC PDF, effective January 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "Passenger Schedules". Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Schedule". Wright Air Service. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  4. ^ "2019 Timetable" (PDF). Wright Air Service.
  5. ^ a b "Arctic Village, AK: Arctic Village (ARC)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
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