Togiak Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport

Airport

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 located in Togiak Village

Togiak, Alaska

Togiak is a city in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 809.-Geography:...

, in the Bethel Census Area

Bethel Census Area, Alaska

Bethel Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of 2000, the population is 16,006. 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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As per Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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 records, this airport had 1,781 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year

Calendar year

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 2008, a decrease of 6% from the 1,886 enplanements in 2007 and 43% from the 3,119 enplanements in 2006. Togiak Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

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 (2009–2013) as commercial service - non-primary

FAA airport categories

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, a category for airports with 2,500 to 10,000 enplanements per year.

Facilities and aircraft

Togiak Airport has two runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

s with gravel

Gravel

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 surfaces: 3/21 measures 4,400 by 75 feet (1,341 x 23 m) and 10/28 is 981 by 59 feet (299 x 18 m). The airport is unattended. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 10,200 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 78% air taxi

Air taxi

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 and 22% general aviation

General aviation

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Remarks:

• Runways 10 & 28 non-standard markings; runways edges not marked, thresholds marked with damaged & faded panels.
• Activate MIRL runway 03/21 & VASI
  Visual Approach Slope Indicator
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   runway 21 - CTAF
  Common Traffic Advisory Frequency
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• Segmented circle damaged & overgrown with vegetation.
• Runway condition not monitored, recommend visual inspection prior to use.
• When available weather reports hourly only.

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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