Central Airport Explained

Central Airport
Iata:CEM
Icao:PACE
Faa:CEM
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
City-Served:Central, Alaska
Elevation-F:937
Coordinates:65.5739°N -144.7808°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:CEM
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:2,782
R1-Surface:Gravel/dirt
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:4,000
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:21
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:28,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Central Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Central, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Commercial service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 47 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 13 enplanements in 2009, and 20 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Central Airport covers an area of 97 acres (39 ha) at an elevation of 937 feet (286 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 2,782 by 60 feet (848 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 4,000 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 62.5% air taxi and 37.5% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: April 2021 – March 2022[5]

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Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2008 . PDF, 1.0 MB . CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . December 18, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2010 . PDF, 189 KB . CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2011 .
  4. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .
  5. Web site: central, AK: Central (CEM) . . December 2015 . January 14, 2017 .