Icy Bay Airport is a state-owned 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...

 serving Icy Bay

Icy Bay, Alaska

Icy Bay is a body of water in southeast Alaska, formed in the last 100 years by the rapid retreat of the Guyot, Yahtse, and Tyndall Glacier Glaciers. It is part of the Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness....

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 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...

. Scheduled passenger service at this airport is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation

United States Department of Transportation

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 via the Essential Air Service

Essential Air Service

Essential Air Service is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States, which, prior to deregulation, were served by certificated airlines, maintained commercial service. Its aim is to maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service to these...

 program.

Facilities and aircraft

Icy Bay Airport has one runway

Runway

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 designated 5/23 with a 3,430 by 55 ft (1,045 x 17 m) gravel

Gravel

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 surface. For the most recent 12-month period reported (ending October 5, 1991), the airport had 550 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per month: 55% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 45% air taxi

Air taxi

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External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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