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Alaska Airlines will be increasing the number of flights between Kodiak and Anchorage this summer, and residents will also see a change in the type of plane flying into the state-run airport. By the end of this spring, Alaska Airlines will operate three daily flights between Kodiak’s Benny Benson and Anchorage’s Ted Stevens Airport, and the Seattle-based carrier intends to …

Once every three years airports need to pass certain tests to prove they can handle commercial air traffic. At Kodiak’s Benny Benson State Airport, that happens Wednesday. Jeremy Woodrow is the spokesman with the Alaska Department of Transportation in Juneau. “The tri-annual drill is a requirement from the FAA to maintain the Part 139 certification for the airport. That’s what …