Venetie Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 located in Venetie

Venetie, Alaska

Venetie , pronounced VEEN-ih-tye, is a census-designated place in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States...

, 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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. It is privately owned by the Venetie Tribal Government.

Facilities and aircraft

Venetie Airport has one runway

Runway

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 designated 4/22 with a gravel

Gravel

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 and dirt surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,900 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per month: 79% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 21% general aviation

General aviation

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.

Airlines and destinations

• Arctic Circle Air (Fairbanks)
• Everts Air
  Everts Air
  Everts Air is an American airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled and charter airline cargo as well as passengers services within Alaska and Canada. Its main base is Fairbanks International Airport with its major hub at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.- History...
  
  
• Wright Air Service
  Wright Air Service
  Wright Air Service is an American airline based in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It was established by Al Wright and started operations in 1967. It is based at the Fairbanks International Airport...
  
   (Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon)

Top Destinations

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

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Fairbanks, AK Fairbanks International Airport Fairbanks International Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Fairbanks, a city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska....	2,000	Arctic Circle, Wright
2	Fort Yukon, AK Fort Yukon Airport Fort Yukon Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in the city of Fort Yukon in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.- Facilities and aircraft :...	1,000	Wright

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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