Venetie Airport Explained

Venetie Airport
Iata:VEE
Icao:PAVE
Faa:VEE
Type:Public
Owner:Venetie Tribal Government
City-Served:Venetie, Alaska
Elevation-F:574
Coordinates:67.0086°N -146.3664°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:VEE
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:4,000
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2005
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:1,900
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Venetie Airport is a public use airport located in Venetie, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by the Venetie Tribal Government.

According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,993 passenger boardings (enplanements) in the calendar year 2008,[2] 2,120 enplanements in 2009 and 2,523 in 2010.[3] It was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a "general aviation" airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (the "commercial service" category requires at least 2,500 per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Venetie Airport has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,900 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per month: 79% air taxi and 21% general aviation.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of VEE
(July 2010 - June 2011) [5] ! Rank! City! Passengers! Carriers
1 Fairbanks, AK2,000Arctic Circle, Wright
2 Fort Yukon, AK1,000Wright

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration, effective April 5, 2012.
  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.
  5. Web site: RITA | BTS | Transtats .