Akhiok Airport

Akhiok Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
ServesAkhiok, Alaska
Elevation AMSL44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates56°56′19″N 154°10′57″W / 56.93861°N 154.18250°W / 56.93861; -154.18250
Map
AKK is located in Alaska
AKK
AKK
Location of airport in Alaska
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 3,120 951 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations1,600 (2013)
Based aircraft0
Passengers1,150
Freight115,000 lbs

Akhiok Airport (IATA: AKK, ICAO: PAKH, FAA LID: AKK) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Akhiok, a city in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,220 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 1,356 enplanements in 2009, and 1,209 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]

Scheduled passenger service was subsidized by the U.S. Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program until the end of March 2010, after which Servant Air began providing subsidy-free service.

Facilities and aircraft

Akhiok Airport resides at an elevation of 44 feet (13 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 3,120 by 50 feet (951 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,600 aircraft operations, an average of 133 per month: 94% air taxi and 6% general aviation.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Island Air Service Kodiak, Old Harbor[5]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January 2015 – December 2015[6]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
Servant
850(74.1%)
Island
300(25.9%)
Top domestic destinations: Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2015[6]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Kodiak, AK Kodiak Airport (ADQ) 560
2 Old Harbor, AK Old Harbor Airport (OLH) 40
3 Larsen Bay, AK Larsen Bay Airport (KLN) 10

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 05, 2017.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  5. ^ "Schedules". Island Air Service. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Akhiok, AK: Akhiok Airport (AKK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. December 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

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