St. Mary's Airport is a public 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 four miles (6 km) west of the central business district

Central business district

A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 of St. Mary's

St. Mary's, Alaska

St. Mary's is a city in Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 500.-Geography:St...

, 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

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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...

. This airport is publicly owned by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) - Northern Region.

Facilities

St. Mary's Airport covers an area of 3600 acres (1,456.9 ha) and contains two gravel

Gravel

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 surfaced runway

Runway

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s: 17/35 measuring 6,008 x 150 feet (1,831 x 46 m) and 6/24 measuring 1,520 x 60 feet (463 x 18 m).

Airlines and non-stop destinations

• Era Aviation
  Era Aviation
  Era Alaska is an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It operates a network of services from Anchorage as part of an Alaska Airlines Partnership. Its primary hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.- History :...
  
   (Anchorage))
• 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...
  
   (Emmonak, Alakanuk, Bethel, Aniak, Sheldon Point, Kotlik, Mountain Village, Pilot Station)

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of KSM
(July 2010 - June 2011)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Anchorage, AK Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport -Top destinations:-Scheduled cargo airlines:-Top destinations:-Scheduled cargo airlines:-Top destinations:-Scheduled cargo airlines:-Inter-terminal:...	4,000	Era Alaska
2	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 :...	2,000	Era Alaska
3	Emmonak, AK Emmonak Airport Emmonak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Emmonak, a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ENM by the FAA and EMK by the IATA...	1,000	Era Alaska
4	Mountain Village, AK Mountain Village Airport Mountain Village Airport is a public-use airport located in Mountain Village, a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska...	1,000	Era Alaska
5	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	Era Alaska
6	Pilot Station, AK Pilot Station Airport -Top Destinations:- External links :*...	1,000	Era Alaska

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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