Venetie Airport

Venetie Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Venetie Tribal Government
Serves Venetie, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 574 ft / 175 m
Coordinates 67°00′31″N 146°21′59″W / 67.00861°N 146.36639°W / 67.00861; -146.36639Coordinates: 67°00′31″N 146°21′59″W / 67.00861°N 146.36639°W / 67.00861; -146.36639
Map
VEE

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 4,000 1,219 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 1,900

Venetie Airport (IATA: VEE, ICAO: PAVE, FAA LID: VEE) is a public use airport located in Venetie, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by the Venetie Tribal Government.[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,993 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 2,120 enplanements in 2009, and 2,523 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport based on enplanements in 2008/2009 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Venetie Airport has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,900 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per month: 79% air taxi and 21% general aviation.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Arctic Circle Air Fairbanks [5]
Everts Air
Wright Air Service Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon [6]

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of VEE
(July 2010 - June 2011) [7]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Alaska Fairbanks, AK 2,000 Arctic Circle, Wright
2 Alaska Fort Yukon, AK 1,000 Wright

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for VEE (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. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  4. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  5. ↑ "Fairbanks Schedule". Arctic Circle Air. April 24, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Flight Schedule". Wright Air Service. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=VEE&Airport_Name=Venetie,%20AK:%20Venetie%20Airport&carrier=FACTS
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