Editing Akutan, Alaska (section)

==Transportation==
Boats and amphibious aircraft, hovercraft, or helicopter are the only means of transportation into and out of Akutan. A {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=on}} dock and a small boat mooring basin are available. Plans are underway to develop a practical way to get to a large boat harbor that has been built at the head of the bay. The State Ferry operates from Kodiak bi-monthly between May and October. Cargo is delivered weekly by freighter from Seattle; the City owns and operates a landing craft, the M/V Akutan. Akutan has no airstrip due to the steep terrain, however, a [[Akutan Seaplane Base|seaplane base]] is available and open to the public. Helicopter service between Akutan and [[Akun Island]], the location of [[Akutan Airport]], began in February 2014. The only airline company serving the airport is [[Grant Aviation]], flying to nearby Dutch Harbor. The airport was expected to cost $77 million of which nearly $60 million came from the U.S. federal government. Trident paid $1 million towards the cost of the airport.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/10/07/tuchman-alaska-airport.cnn Alaska's 'airport to nowhere'], CNN, Gary Tuchman, October 7, 2011</ref>