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Wrangell Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

10/28
  
5,999

1,828
  
Asphalt

Elevation
  
13 m

Serves
  
Wrangell

Elevation AMSL
  
49 ft / 15 m

5,999
  
1,828

Code
  
WRG

Phone
  
+1 907-874-3107

Wrangell Airport

Operator
  
State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region

Address
  
Tongass National Forest, 1 Airport Rd, Wrangell, AK 99929, USA

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Wrangell Airport (IATA: WRG, ICAO: PAWG, FAA LID: WRG) is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Wrangell, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska which has no road access to the outside world. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,601 passenger enplanements (boardings) in calendar year 2008, 10,790 in 2009, and 10,882 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015-2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 11,434 enplanements in 2012.

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Facilities and aircraft

Wrangell Airport has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,999 by 150 feet (1,828 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending January 13, 2012, the airport had 10,425 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 59% air taxi, 34% general aviation, and 7% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% helicopter.

Airline and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Alaska Airlines operates daily Boeing 737-400 passenger and Boeing 737-400 passenger/cargo Combi aircraft jet service from the airport.

References

Wrangell Airport Wikipedia