Wrangell Airport

Wrangell Airport
IATA: WRG – ICAO: PAWG – FAA LID: WRG
Summary
Airport type Public
Serves Wrangell, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 49 ft / 15 m
Coordinates 56°29′04″N 132°22′11″W / 56.48444°N 132.36972°WCoordinates: 56°29′04″N 132°22′11″W / 56.48444°N 132.36972°W
Map
WRG

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,999 1,828 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 10,425
Based aircraft 11

Wrangell Airport (IATA: WRG, ICAO: PAWG, FAA LID: WRG) is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Wrangell, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 10,601 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 10,790 enplanements in 2009, and 10,882 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Wrangell Airport has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,999 by 150 feet (1,828 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 13, 2012, the airport had 10,425 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 59% air taxi, 34% general aviation, and 7% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 11 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% helicopter.[1]

Airline and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Airlines Destinations
Alaska Airlines Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of WRG
(July 2010 - June 2011) [5]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Alaska Juneau, AK 3,000 Alaska
2 Washington (state) Seattle, WA 3,000 -
3 Alaska Anchorage, AK 2,000 -
4 Alaska Ketchikan, AK 2,000 Alaska

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for WRG (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=WRG&Airport_Name=Wrangell,%20AK:%20Wrangell%20Airport&carrier=FACTS

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1998-4899) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2004-5-5 (May 4, 2004): tentatively reselects Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from October 1, 2003, through April 30, 2006, at an annual rate of $5,723,008.
    • Order 2006-3-20 (March 22, 2006): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2009.
    • Order 2009-2-3 (February 9, 2009): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $5,793,201 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $1,347,195, through April 30, 2011.
    • Order 2011-2-1 (February 1, 2011): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $4,486,951 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,415,987, from May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2013.
    • Order 2013-2-10 (February 11, 2013): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, Alaska, for $4,827,052 annual subsidy and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,476,579, from May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2015.

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