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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
341 ft / 104 m

5,936
  
1,809

Code
  
MCG

Phone
  
+1 907-524-3241

Serves
  
McGrath, Alaska

16/34
  
5,936

Address
  
McGrath, AK 99627, USA

Elevation
  
104 m

McGrath Airport

Owner
  
State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region

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McGrath Airport (IATA: MCG, ICAO: PAMC, FAA LID: MCG) is a state-owned public-use airport serving McGrath, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Formerly, the facility operated as McGrath Army Airbase.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport had 5,278 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 4,893 in 2009, and 5,242 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.

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Facilities and aircraft

The facility covers an area of 641 acres (259 ha) at an elevation of 341 feet (104 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 16/34 is 5,936 by 100 feet (1,809 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface and 5/23 is 2,000 by 60 feet (610 x 18 m) with a gravel surface.

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2012, the airport had 11,000 aircraft operations, an average of 30 per day: 82% air taxi and 18% general aviation. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport, all single-engine.

Airline and destinations

Airlines offering scheduled passenger service:

Incidents

  • On July 3, 1970, Douglas C-47 N154R of Reeder Flying Service crashed on take-off on a domestic passenger flight to Galena Airport, Alaska. Seven of the 27 people on board were killed.
  • References

    McGrath Airport Wikipedia