Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport
| image = TAL-n.jpg
| image-width = 250
| IATA = TAL
| ICAO = PATA
| FAA = TAL
| type = Public
| owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
| operator =
| city-served = Tanana, Alaska
| location =
| elevation-f = 236
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|65|10|28|N|152|06|34|W|region:US-AK_scale:40000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska
| pushpin_label = TAL
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 7/25
| r1-length-f = 4,400
| r1-surface = Gravel
| stat-year = 2009
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data = 3,100
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=TAL|use=PU|own=PU|site=50746.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 5, 2012.
}}
Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport {{airport codes|TAL|PATA|TAL}} is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) west of the central business district of Tanana, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,549 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB
| work = CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009
}}
3,298 enplanements in 2009, and 3,241 in 2010.
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB
| work = CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011
}}
It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
| title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A | format = PDF, 2.03 MB
| work = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010
}}
Facilities and aircraft
Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,650 acres (668 ha) at an elevation of 236 feet (72 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a gravel surface measuring 4,400 by 150 feet (1,341 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending September 29, 2009, the airport had 3,100 aircraft operations, an average of 258 per month: 55% general aviation, 43% air taxi, and 2% military.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
{{Airport destination list
| Wright Air Service | Fairbanks, Hughes, Huslia, Ruby{{cite web | url = http://www.wrightairservice.com/uploads/web-pdf/TIMETABLE_2019.pdf | title = Timetable | publisher = Wright Air Service | access-date = December 20, 2020}}
}}
=Statistics=
{{Bar graph
| title = Carrier shares: July 2023 – June 2024
| bar_width = 28
| width_units = em
| label_type = Carrier
| data_type = Passengers (arriving and departing)
| data_max = 4,000
| label1 = Wright Air
| data1 = 3,100
| comment1 = 100.00%
}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ Top domestic destinations: July 2023 – June 2024 {{cite web | url = http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=AET&Airport_Name=Allakaket,%20AK:%20Allakaket%20Airport&carrier=FACTS | title = Tanana, AK: Ralph M. Calhoun Memorial (TAL) | publisher = Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation | date = June 2024 | access-date = September 19, 2024 }} ! Rank ! City ! Airport ! Passengers |
| 1
| Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) | align="right" | 1,500 |
| 2
| align="right" | 30 |
| 3
| align="right" | 10 |
| 4
| align=right | <10 |
| 5
| Ruby, AK | align=right | <10 |
See also
References
External links
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=13&lat=65.1744&lon=-152.1094&w=500&h=500&lp=---+None+--- Topographic map] from USGS The National Map
- [https://web.archive.org/web/2009/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/TAL.gif FAA Alaska airport diagram] (GIF)
- {{FAA-procedures|TAL}}
{{US-airport2|TAL|PATA}}
Category:Airports in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
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