Arctic Village Airport
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Arctic Village Airport | |||||||||||
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 A party of residents meet an arriving airplane at Arctic Village. | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Venetie Tribal Government | ||||||||||
| Serves | Arctic Village, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,092 ft / 638 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 68°06′53″N 145°34′46″W / 68.11472°N 145.57944°W | ||||||||||
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  ARC Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2015) | |||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Arctic Village Airport (IATA: ARC, ICAO: PARC, FAA LID: ARC) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southwest of the central business district of Arctic Village,[1] a Native American village in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the Venetie Tribal Government.[1]
Arctic Village Airport has one runway designated 2/20 with a gravel surface measuring 4,500 by 75 feet (1,372 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,627 aircraft operations, an average of 135 per month: 89% air taxi and 11% general aviation.[1]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Everts Air | Fairbanks[2] |
| Wright Air Service | Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Venetie[3] |
As of 2019, Wright Air Service is flying only to Venetie (VEE) during the whole week except on Sunday.[4]
Statistics
For 2023, there were 1,750 passenger enplanements, an increase from 1,548 in 2022 according to the FAA.[5]
| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Wright Air | |
| Everts Air |
| Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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| 1 | Fairbanks, AK | Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) | 1,300 |
| 2 | Fort Yukon, AK | Fort Yukon Airport (FYU) | 130 |
| 3 | Venetie, AK | Venetie Airport (VEE) | 120 |
