Kwethluk Airport

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Kwethluk Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves Kwethluk, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates 60°47′25″N161°26′37″W / 60.79028°N 161.44361°W / 60.79028; -161.44361
Map
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KWT
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
18/363,198975Gravel
Statistics
Enplanements (2007)2,923

Kwethluk Airport( IATA : KWT [3] , ICAO : PFKW [4] , FAA LID : KWT) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Kwethluk, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1]

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 2,923 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 26% from the 2,329 enplanements in 2006. [2]

Facilities

Kwethluk Airport has one gravel surfaced runway (18/36) measuring 3,198 by 75 ft. (975 by 23 m). [1]

The airport was relocated from its former site at coordinates 60°48.26′N161°26.72′W / 60.80433°N 161.44533°W / 60.80433; -161.44533 which had a 1,750 by 35 ft runway (6/24) and a 5,000 x 500 ft seaplane landing area. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for KWT PDF , effective 2008-09-25.
  2. 1 2 Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 2008-07-17.
  3. ↑ KWT: Kwethluk Airport, Alaska. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  4. ↑ PFKW: Kwethluk Airport, Alaska. AirNav.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
  5. ↑ Airport diagram (GIF). Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region. 2004-04-15.
  6. ↑ Aerial photo showing locations of old and new airports. WikiMapia. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
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