Emmonak Airport
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Emmonak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located in Emmonak
Emmonak, Alaska
Emmonak is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 767.-Geography:Emmonak is located at ....

, a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area
Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska
Wade Hampton Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population was 7,028. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...

 of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
Location identifier
A location identifier is a symbolic representation for the name and the location of an airport, navigation aid, or weather station, and is used for manned air traffic control facilities in air traffic control, telecommunications, computer programming, weather reports, and related services.-ICAO...

 for the FAA
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

 and IATA
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

, this airport is assigned ENM by the FAA and EMK by the IATA. The airport's ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization , pronounced , , is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth...

 identifier is PAEM.

Facilities

Emmonak Airport has one runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 16/34 with a gravel
Gravel
Gravel is composed of unconsolidated rock fragments that have a general particle size range and include size classes from granule- to boulder-sized fragments. Gravel can be sub-categorized into granule and cobble...

 surface measuring 4,601 by 100 feet (1,402 x 30 m).

Airline and non-stop destinations

  • Hageland Aviation Services
    Hageland Aviation Services
    Hageland Aviation Services was a regional airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It serves nine destinations in Alaska and operates state wide charter services...

     (Alakanuk, Kotlik, St. Mary's)

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of EMK
(July 2010 - June 2011)
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1   Bethel, AK
Bethel Airport
Bethel Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Bethel, a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities and aircraft :...

5,000 Hageland
2   Kotlik, AK
Kotlik Airport
Kotlik Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile west of the central business district of Kotlik, a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S...

1,000 Aero Flight
3   Alakanuk, AK
Alakanuk Airport
Alakanuk Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southwest of the central business district of Alakanuk, a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S...

1,000 Aero Flight, Grant
4   St. Mary’s, AK
St. Mary's Airport (Alaska)
St. Mary's Airport is a public airport located four miles west of the central business district of St. Mary's, in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. This airport is publicly owned by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities - Northern...

1,000 Hageland
5   Nunam Iqua, AK
Sheldon Point Airport
Sheldon Point Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Nunam Iqua , a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska...

1,000 Hageland

External links

  • FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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