Circle City Airport (IATA: IRC, ICAO: PACR, FAA LID: CRC) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Circle[1] (also known as Circle City), in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Circle City (New) Airport.[1] Scheduled commercial airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Circle City Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Circle, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 613 ft / 187 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 65°49′40″N 144°04′34″W | ||||||||||
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CRC Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 303 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 377 enplanements in 2009, and 355 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 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CRC by the FAA[1] and IRC by the IATA[5] (which assigned CRC to the Santa Ana Airport in Cartago, Colombia[6]). The airport's ICAO identifier is PACR.[7]
Circle City Airport covers an area of 324 acres (131 ha) at an elevation of 613 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a gravel surface measuring 2,979 by 60 feet (908 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,110 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per month: 63% general aviation, 36% air taxi, and 1% military.[1]
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The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Warbelow's Air Ventures | Central, Fairbanks[8] |
Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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Warbelow's | 440(98.88%) |
Everts Air | 10(1.12%) |
Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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1 | Fairbanks, AK | Fairbanks International Airport | 250 |
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