Nondalton Airport is a state-owned public-use
airport
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located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of
Nondalton,
in the
Lake and Peninsula Borough of the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
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.
As per
Federal Aviation Administration
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records, the airport had 825 passenger boardings (enplanements) in
calendar year
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2008, a decrease of 50.9% from the 1,679 enplanements in 2007.
This airport is included in the FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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for 2009–2013, which
categorizes it as a ''
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other ...
'' facility.
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
for 2009–2013
Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)
Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
Facilities and aircraft
Nondalton Airport covers an area of at an elevation
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of 314 feet (96 m) above mean sea level
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. It has one runway
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designated 2/20 with a gravel
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Gr ...
surface measuring 2,800 by 75 feet (853 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 1,250 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per month: 60% general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other ...
and 40% air taxi
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History
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.
Airlines and destinations
See also
* List of airports in Alaska
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References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram
(GIF
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)
*
Airports in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
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