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Twin Hills Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves Twin Hills, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL82 ft / 25 m
Coordinates 59°04′28″N 160°16′30″W / 59.07444°N 160.27500°W / 59.07444; -160.27500
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TWA is located in Alaska
TWA
TWA
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 3,000 914 Gravel
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations1,900
Enplanements (2008)395

Twin Hills Airport ( IATA: TWA, FAA LID: A63) is a state-owned, public-use airport serving Twin Hills, [1] in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to Dillingham Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir). [3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 395 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 23% from the 510 enplanements in 2007. [2] Twin Hills Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility. [4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned A63 by the FAA and TWA by the IATA. [5]

Facilities and aircraft

Twin Hills Airport has one runway designated 18/36 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending February 28, 2009, the airport had 1,900 aircraft operations, an average of 158 per month: 87% air taxi and 13% general aviation. [1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Grant Aviation Dillingham, Manokotak, Togiak [6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for A63 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 27 Aug 2009.
  2. ^ a b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Preliminary). Federal Aviation Administration. Published 15 July 2009.
  3. ^ 2009 Timetables Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
  4. ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
  5. ^ Great Circle Mapper: TWA - Twin Hills, Alaska. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
  6. ^ "Grant Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)

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