Kasigluk Airport is a state-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Kasigluk

Kasigluk, Alaska

Kasigluk is a census-designated place in the Bethel Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 543...

, in the Bethel Census Area

Bethel Census Area, Alaska

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 of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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As per Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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 records, this airport had 4,001 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year

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 2007, a decrease of 5% from the 4,218 enplanements in 2006.

Facilities

Kasigluk Airport has one runway

Runway

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 designated 17/35 with a gravel

Gravel

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 surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). The runway was previously 1,950 by 50 feet.

Airlines and non-stop destinations

• Flight Alaska
  Flight Alaska
  Flight Alaska is an American airline based in Bethel, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled services to over 22 villages in Alaska and also provides charter services throughout Alaska. Its main base is Bethel Airport.-History:...
  
   (Bethel)
• 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...
  
   (Nunapitchuk)

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of KUK
(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 :...	3,000	Grant, Hageland

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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