Kivalina Airport is a state-owned public-use
airport
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located in
Kivalina
Kivalina () is a city
and village in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census and 374 as of the 2010 census.
The island on which the village lies is threatened by rising sea levels and coa ...
, a city in the
Northwest Arctic Borough
Northwest Arctic Borough is a List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, borough located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 7,793, up from 7,523 in 2010. The borough seat is Kotze ...
of the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...
.
Kivalina Airport provides air transportation for residents and connects the community to regional hubs like
Kotzebue
Kotzebue ( ) or QikiqtaÄĦruk ( , ) is a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the borough's seat, by far its largest community and the economic and transportation hub of the subregion of Alaska encompassing ...
and other parts of Alaska.
Facilities
Kivalina Airport has one
runway
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(12/30) with a
gravel
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Gr ...
surface measuring 3,000 x 60 ft. (914 x 18 m).
Airlines and destinations
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations,
Ravn Alaska
New Pacific Airlines, Inc., d.b.a. Ravn Alaska, is an Alaskan airline that specializes in serving small communities in the US state of Alaska. The airline is headquartered in Anchorage, which is also home to its primary hub, Ted Stevens Ancho ...
served the airport from multiple locations.
See also
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List of airports in Alaska
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that ...
References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram(GIF
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)
Airports in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Airports in the Arctic
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