Russian Mission Airport

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Russian Mission Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves Russian Mission, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 51 ft / 16 m
Coordinates 61°46′30″N161°19′10″W / 61.77500°N 161.31944°W / 61.77500; -161.31944
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RSH
Location of airport in Alaska
Russian Mission Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/353,6001,097Gravel
18W/36W3,000914Water

Russian Mission Airport( IATA : RSH, ICAO : PARS, FAA LID : RSH) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Russian Mission, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1]

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Facilities

Russian Mission Airport covers an area of 143 acres (58  ha ) at an elevation of 51 feet (16 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a 3,600 by 100 ft (1,097 x 30 m) gravel surface. It also has a seaplane landing area designated 18W/36W which covers an area of the Yukon River measuring 3,000 by 500 ft (914 x 152 m). [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Ryan Air Aniak

Accidents and incidents

On Wednesday, August 31, 2016, a collision occurred near Russian Mission Airport involving a Ravn Connect Cessna Caravan 208B EX aircraft that had been leased from Hageland Aviation Services and a Renfro's Alaskan Adventures Piper PA-18 Super Cub, killing the three people on board the Cessna Caravan 208B and the two on board the Piper aircraft. The Ravn Connect flight was a commercial one from Russian Mission Airport to Marshall Don Hunter Sr. Airport in Marshall, while the Renfro's Alaskan Adventures aircraft was on a charter flight from Bethel Airport to a hunting location. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for RSH PDF , effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX N752RV Russian Mission Airport, AK (RSH)".


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