DOT to Build New Airport for Akutan

The Department of Transportation is planning to build an airport for Akutan and open it by the fall of 2012. The $75 million dollar facility will be built on neighboring Akun Island and passengers will travel to and from the community on a hovercraft.

Anne Hillman, KUCB – Unalaska

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