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Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport is a state owned, public use airport located in Galena, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.〔 As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,784 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 7,447 enplanements in 2009, and 12,421 in 2010.〔 〕 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) based on enplanements in 2008,〔 〕 however it qualifies as a ''primary commercial service'' airport based on enplanements in 2010. == History == As Galena Airport, it was used as a military transport base during World War II, facilitating the transit of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union. As Galena Air Force Station, it was used by the USAF during the Cold War as an interceptor base for aircraft patrolling the western areas of Alaska. 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「Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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