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October 02, 2011

Questions Raised About Remote Alaskan Airport

Some Calling The $77 Million Project 'The Airport For No One'

An airport planned for a remote island between the Bearing Sea and the Pacific Ocean is being ridiculed by some as an "airport for no one," because it will be accessible only by helicopters or hovercraft. The $77 million project is planned for the isolated community of Akutan near the end of the Aleutian chain, but the runway is not on the same island as the village.

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