An Alaska Native regional corporation is working with state and local governments on a plan for a new airport that would allow Lower 48 tourists to fly directly to the doorstep of Denali National Park and Preserve.
Clouds begin to cover Denali, seen from Stony Overlook, in Denali National Park and Preserve on Sept. 8, 2019.
Those visitors now often spend a chunk of their day traveling overland to the park as part of a cruise package,“Over the last few years as Doyon has been building our presence in tourism, people in the industry kept using the phrase ‘Move the mountain closer,’”That’s what Doyon, the Fairbanks-based Native corporation for Interior Alaska, is trying to do, he said.
But to accept 737 jets with close to 200 passengers, an airport with a runway more than a mile long could cost well over $50 million, according to estimates in the booklet. “We are creating a bigger pie for hopefully all of us that creates more opportunities throughout the state,” Schutt said.
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