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Adak Airport is a state owned, public use airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.〔 The airport is the farthest west for the entire United States at 176.64W. Adak's airport is one of the largest and most sophisticated airports in the Aleutian Islands. Built by the U.S. Navy for Naval air transport, the airport is a world-class facility consisting of a runway and a runway, equipped with an Instrument Landing System and glideslope which facilitate Instrument Flight Rules landings. Adak currently has scheduled jet service provided by Alaska Airlines. As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,989 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 1,907 in 2009, and 2,097 in 2010.〔 〕 The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''general aviation'' facility (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).〔 〕 == History == The military first developed an air station on Adak during World War II. Adak Army Airfield was used during the Aleutian Campaign by both USAAF and Naval Air units. Following the war, the AAF turned Adak over to the Navy who established anti-submarine warfare base there. Adak was most recently run by the U.S. Navy as a deployment base for P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, primarily to conduct antisubmarine warfare operations against submarines and surveillance of naval surface vessels of the former Soviet Union. On 31 March 1997, the Navy closed Adak Naval Air Facility. Once an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport en route to Tokyo Narita diverted to Adak Airport due to a fire warning in the cargo hold. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adak Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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