Manley Hot Springs Airport is a state owned, public use

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located in

Manley Hot Springs Manley Hot Springs (''Too Naaleł Denh '' in Koyukon) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 169, up from 89 in 2010. Geography Manley Hot Springs is locat ...

, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the

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. Scheduled passenger service at this airport is subsidized by the

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via the

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program. As per

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records, the airport had 101 passenger boardings (enplanements) in

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2017, 73 enplanements in 2018, and 114 in 2019. It is included in the

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for 2021–2025, which

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it as a ''

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'' airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Manley Hot Springs Airport has one

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designated 18/36 with a

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surface measuring 3,400 by 60 feet (1,036 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2019, the airport had 1,700 aircraft operations, an average of 141 per month: 71%

and 29%

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. Runway 18/36 opened in August 2013; the previous runway is closed to takeoffs and landings. The previous runway was designated 2/20, with a

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and

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surface measuring 2,875 by 30 feet (876 x 9 m).. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 5, 2012.

Airlines and destinations

The following

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offers scheduled passenger service:

References

Other sources

* Essential Air Service documents
Docket OST-2004-17563
from the

: *
90-Day Notice (April 9, 2004)
of Bidzy Ta Hot Aana Corp. d/b/a Tanana Air Service of intent to terminate unsubsidized service at Minto and Manley, Alaska. *
Order 2004-4-23 (April 30, 2004)
allowing Tanana Air Service to terminate all scheduled air service at Minto and Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, and granting the carriers request to terminate such service on less than 90 days notice. Tanana Air Services termination is contingent, however, upon the commencement of suitable replacement service operated by Warbelows Air Ventures. *
90-Day Notice (May 12, 2004)
of Warbelows Air Ventures, Inc. of intent to terminate unsubsidized service at Minto and Manley, Alaska *
Order 2004-6-26 (June 28. 2004)
requires Warbelow's Air Ventures to continue providing essential air service at Minto and Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, for an initial 30-day period; and requests proposals for replacement essential air service at the communities for a two-year period. *
Order 2004-9-6 (September 7, 2004)
selects Warbelow's Air Ventures to continue providing essential air service at Minto and Manley Hot Springs for a two-year period, and establishes a subsidy rate of $49,536 per year for service consisting of three flights per week over a Fairbanks-Manley-Minto-Fairbanks routing with 3-seat Cessna 206/207 aircraft. *
Order 2006-7-4 (July 5, 2006)
re-selecting Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Minto and Manley Hot Springs, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of $65,808 for the period of September 1, 2006, through August 31, 2008. *
Order 2008-7-20 (July 15, 2008)
selects Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc. to continue providing essential air service at Manley Hot Springs and Minto, Alaska, for a new two-year period, through August 31, 2010, and established an annual subsidy rate of $84,170. *
Order 2010-7-6 (July 13, 2010)
selecting Warbelow's Air Ventures, Inc., to continue providing essential air service (EAS) at Manley Hot Springs and Minto, Alaska, and establishing an annual subsidy rate of $95,481, for a new two-year period, through September 30, 2012. *
Order 2012-8-10 (August 3, 2012)
re-selecting Warbelows Air Ventures, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Manley and Minto, Alaska, for $91,068 annually for three round trips per week to Fairbanks. Aircraft Types: PA-31-350 Navajo, Cessna 206. effective Period: September 1, 2012, through August 31, 2014.

External links

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FAA Alaska airport diagram
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) Airports in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska Essential Air Service {{Alaska-airport-stub

Facilities and aircraft

Airlines and destinations

See also

References

Other sources

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