Kwethluk Airport Explained

Kwethluk Airport
Iata:KWT
Icao:PFKW
Faa:KWT
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
City-Served:Kwethluk, Alaska
Elevation-F:30
Elevation-M:9
Coordinates:60.7903°N -161.4436°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KWT
R1-Number:18/36
R1-Length-F:3,198
R1-Length-M:975
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat1-Header:Enplanements (2007)
Stat1-Data:2,923
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] [2]

Kwethluk Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Kwethluk, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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.

Facilities

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

The airport was relocated from its former site at coordinates 60.8043°N -187.72°W which had a 1,750 by 35 ft runway (6/24) and a 5,000 x 500 ft seaplane landing area.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2008-09-25.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20050119150208/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/KWT.gif Airport diagram
  4. http://wikimapia.org/#y=60.7903&x=-161.4437&z=13&l=0&m=h&v=2 Aerial photo showing locations of old and new airports