Twin Hills Airport

Airport
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
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

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)

External links

  • FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for A63
    • AirNav airport information for A63
    • ASN accident history for TWA
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for A63
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