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The Inter-Island Ferry Authority owns two vessels: M/V Prince of Wales; M/V Stikine; As of 2013, the IFA offers daily, round-trip service between Hollis, on Prince of Wales Island, and Ketchikan. [2] The Stikine or Prince of Wales depart Hollis every morning at 8am and arrives in Ketchikan at 11am. The ferry then leaves Ketchikan at 3:30pm and ...
Ketchikan International Airport covers an area of 2,600 acres (1,052 ha) at an elevation of 92 feet (27 m) above mean sea level.It has one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 7,500 by 150 feet (2,286 x 46 m) and one water runway for seaplanes designated WNW/ESE which measures 9,500 by 1,500 feet (2896 x 457 m).
The ferry calls at Ketchikan. Within the city of Ketchikan, it is named Tongass Avenue from the northern city limits at the airport ferry terminal to the Newtown neighborhood. Continuing downtown it is successively Water, Front, Mill and Stedman streets, becoming the Tongass Highway again after passing Coast Guard Base Ketchikan.
New construction since the Kennicott has focused on day boats, which can run their expected schedule and return home within a 12-hour shift. In 2004, the MV Lituya was added to the fleet to make the 16.5-nautical-mile (30.6 km) trip between Ketchikan and Metlakatla in Southeast.
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry will remain its current alternative schedule, with one-boat service for the popular route. Vessels depart roughly every 90 minutes through the day on the holiday and Friday.
Kenai Municipal Airport: P-N 68,044 Ketchikan: KTN KTN PAKT Ketchikan International Airport: P-N 117,728 King Salmon: AKN AKN PAKN King Salmon Airport: P-N 29,914 Klawock: AKW KLW: PAKW Klawock Airport (also see Klawock Seaplane Base) P-N 14,157 Kodiak: ADQ ADQ PADQ Kodiak Airport (Benny Benson State Airport) P-N 72,905 Kotzebue: OTZ OTZ PAOT ...
As Stikine had slightly greater capacity, she became the primary ferry on the Hollis–Ketchikan route, with Prince of Wales becoming a reserve for when Stikine broke down or was scheduled for routine maintenance. She was an expensive back-up plan, and cost the authority about $200,000 a year in moorage, insurance, and maintenance.
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