Craig Sanders
28:24 - 29:14
“it helps support air taxi, commuter air service, air ambulance with a connection to Alaska Regional Hospital”
- Speaker
- Craig Sanders
- Timestamp
- 28:24 – 29:14
- Transcript
- Anchorage Assembly: Energy, Enterprise, & Utilities Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Committee
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 15, 2026
From the transcript
And this list is not exhaustive of all the activity that goes on at the airport, but it helps support air taxi, commuter air service, air ambulance with a connection to Alaska Regional Hospital, and it also supports various general aviation activities such as flight instruction, aircraft maintenance, and recreational flying. So it's a, it's a very impressive facility, and As we mentioned there in that last bullet, it supports through-the-fence operations to the hospital. So the hospital is not technically on airport property, but there is an access agreement and there's a taxiway that leads directly to that facility. And we actually met with the hospital yesterday and it's been great to hear their stories and be prepared to communicate that through our future effort. And so it's a, you know, I think it's one of four in the United States that has that direct access for fixed-wing aircraft.
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