Originally Posted by Fulcrum525

$21 million seems a bit much to lengthen an already existing runway....besides aren't most "runways" in Alaska unpaved strips of gravels/grass? To top it off, 46 people right? Its not like they have to land an A380 on this thing, if the demand for goods/transport is so high then fly in an extra Cessna every week.....


(Its a shame you can't use AN-2's/AN-3's in the US, that sounds like a much cheaper solution to me)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An-2