TR News 347: Wheels Up! Alaska’s Rural Air Service

Rural aviation in Alaska is critical for providing access to essential services and supporting the state’s mostly rural way of life. However, current airport infrastructure faces significant operational and maintenance challenges. "Wheels Up! Alaska’s Rural Air Service," by Rebecca Douglas and Dylan Blankenship, details how the state’s geographical environment calls for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities to be not only resilient but also creative in its problem solving. The article is one of the features in the September-December 2023 edition of TR News (Issue 347), TRB's magazine.

TR News is TRB's bimonthly magazine featuring timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research practice in all modes of transportation. It also includes brief news items of interest to the transportation community and research pays off articles, profiles of transportation professionals, workshop and conference announcements, new book notices, and news of TRB activities. Submissions of manuscripts for possible publication are accepted at any time. 

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