Rampart Airport is a state-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Rampart

Rampart, Alaska

Rampart is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 45 at the 2000 census. In the 1950s, a large hydroelectric project called the Rampart Dam was considered for the Yukon River near the village. Had the project been completed, it would have...

, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,588. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat...

 of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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, United States

United States

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. Commercial service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service

Essential Air Service

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 program.

Facilities and aircraft

Rampart Airport has one runway

Runway

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 designated 11/29 with a gravel

Gravel

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 surface measuring 3,500 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 350 aircraft operations, an average of 29 per month: 71% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 29% general aviation

General aviation

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.

Airlines and destinations

• Arctic Circle Air (Fairbanks)

• Warbelow's Air Ventures
  Warbelow's Air Ventures
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   (Fairbanks)

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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