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State weighs 19-year rent-free FAA lease at Hooper Bay Airport

by Cale Green · from an AI draft by Alaska NewsAug 5, 2026, 4:23 AM AKDT(1mo ago)

1 min readHooper Bay, Alaska

The Federal Aviation Administration could use state land at Hooper Bay Airport rent-free for 19 years to install and maintain navigation, communication and weather equipment, under a lease the Alaska Department of Transportation is weighing.

Annual rent is set at zero, and state law lets the department grant the lease without competitive bidding. The state-owned airport sits about a nautical mile southwest of Hooper Bay in the Kusilvak Census Area.

Rent-free arrangements like this aren't unusual at rural Alaska airports. The FAA has proposed similar no-cost deals at Chefornak, Allakaket, Kobuk, Beaver and Pilot Station.

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Source: Proposal to lease state airport land at Hooper Bay Airport under review (Aug 5, 2026).

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State weighs 19-year rent-free FAA lease at Hooper Bay Airport

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