Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 613 ft / 187 m 2,979 908 Elevation 187 m | Serves Circle, Alaska 15/33 2,979 Code IRC Phone +1 907-451-5230 | |
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Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region Address Steese Hwy, Circle, AK 99733, USA | ||
Circle City Airport (IATA: IRC, ICAO: PACR, FAA LID: CRC) is a state owned, public use airport located in Circle (also known as Circle City), in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Circle City (New) Airport. Scheduled commercial airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 303 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 377 enplanements in 2009, and 355 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CRC by the FAA and IRC by the IATA (which assigned CRC to the Santa Ana Airport in Cartago, Colombia). The airport's ICAO identifier is PACR.
Facilities and aircraft
Circle City Airport covers an area of 324 acres (131 ha) at an elevation of 613 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a gravel surface measuring 2,979 by 60 feet (908 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,110 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per month: 63% general aviation, 36% air taxi, and 1% military.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport: