Kongiganak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport

Airport

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 located eight nautical miles (15 km) northeast of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Kongiganak

Kongiganak, Alaska

Kongiganak is a census-designated place in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 359.-Geography:Kongiganak is located at ....

, in the Bethel Census Area

Bethel Census Area, Alaska

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 of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

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.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

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, this airport is assigned DUY by the FAA and KKH by the IATA. The airport's ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

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 identifier is PADY.

Facilities and aircraft

Kongiganak Airport has one runway

Runway

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 designated 18/36 with a gravel

Gravel

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 surface measuring 1,885 by 35 feet (575 x 11 m). For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2005, the airport had 1,200 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per month.

Airlines and non-stop destinations

• Aero Flight
  Aero Flight
  Aero Flight GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs-KG was an airline based in Oberursel , Germany. It operated and scheduled an international charter passenger service.-Code data:*IATA Code: GV*ICAO Code: ARF*Callsign: Aero Fox-History:...
  
   (Bethel, Kwigillingok)
• Flight Alaska
  Flight Alaska
  Flight Alaska is an American airline based in Bethel, Alaska, USA. It operates scheduled services to over 22 villages in Alaska and also provides charter services throughout Alaska. Its main base is Bethel Airport.-History:...
  
   (Kwigillingok)
• Frontier Flying Service
  Frontier Flying Service
  Frontier Flying Service is an American airline headquartered in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. It operates an extensive network of year-round scheduled commuter services and postal services to Alaska bush communities, primarily north of Fairbanks, as well as charter services to the lower 48 and...
  
   (Kwigillingok, Tuntatuliak)
• 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...
  
  

Top Destinations

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

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	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 :...	3,000	Grant, Hageland

External links

• Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF
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