Editing Soldotna, Alaska (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:RV in a supermarket parking lot, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 2010.jpg|thumb|Shopping mall at Binkley Street and the Sterling Highway]]

===Road===
The [[Sterling Highway]] runs through and connects the eastern and central portions of the city. Its intersection with the start of the [[Kenai Spur Highway]], widely known as the "Soldotna Y" due to its previous Y-shaped configuration, is a local landmark. The Kenai Spur Highway connects neighborhoods in the north-central portion of the city to other parts of Soldotna, adjoining [[Ridgeway, Alaska|Ridgeway]] and beyond to [[Kenai, Alaska|Kenai]], [[Salamatof, Alaska|Salamatof]] and [[Nikiski, Alaska|Nikiski]], ending along [[Cook Inlet]] at the Captain Cook State Recreation Area.

The western portions of Soldotna are connected by local roads (east of the [[Kenai River]]) and Kalifornsky Beach Road (west of the river).  "K-Beach" Road, as it is often known, is a loop to the west of the Sterling Highway. At its northern end, it straddles the southernmost portions of city limits (including Kenai Peninsula College and the [[Soldotna Sports Center]]) and adjoining [[Kalifornsky, Alaska|Kalifornsky]]. Continuing past city limits, K-Beach provides an alternate access to Kenai along the south side of the Kenai River via the Warren Ames Memorial Bridge, the last road crossing downriver, then continues west and south, returning to the Sterling Highway at [[Kasilof, Alaska|Kasilof]]. Funny River Road continues eastbound from the northern terminus of K-Beach Road, connecting the Sterling Highway with Soldotna Airport (see below), [[Kenai National Wildlife Refuge]] headquarters and [[Funny River, Alaska|Funny River]].

Almost all of the city's commercial districts are arrayed along these roads. Interior arterial and collector streets, such as Binkley and Kobuk streets and Marydale and Redoubt avenues, primarily provide access either to residential areas or to community facilities such as the borough building, the post office, Central Peninsula Hospital and [[Soldotna High School]]

===Air===
[[Soldotna Airport]] ([[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] [[Location identifier|LID]] and [[International Air Transport Association airport code|IATA]]: SXQ, [[International Civil Aviation Organization airport code|ICAO]]: PASX) is a city-owned, public use [[airport]] located in the southeastern corner of city limits, across the Kenai River from the city center.<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=SXQ|use=PU|own=PU|site=50713.2*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 8, 2010.</ref>  Primary access to the airport is from Funny River Road, a short distance east of its intersection with the Sterling Highway.

Two plane crashes associated with operations at the airport, one on February 4, 1985, involving a commuter flight from Anchorage and [[2013 Soldotna Rediske Air DHC-3 Otter crash|one]] on July 7, 2013, involving an air taxi flight, resulted in the deaths of all on-board (nine and ten fatalities, respectively).

===Public transit===
Public transit is offered through CARTS (Central Area Rural Transit System),<ref>[http://ridecartsak.org CARTS website]</ref> an on-demand shuttle system serving the communities of Kenai, Soldotna, Funny River, Kasilof, Nikiski, and Sterling. CARTS does not operate like a conventional "city bus". there are no fixed routes, bus stops, or flagstops. Riders must arrange pickup by phone the day before.