Akiachak Airport Explained

Akiachak Airport
Iata:KKI
Faa:Z13
Icao:PFZK
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF
City-Served:Akiachak, Alaska
Elevation-F:25
Elevation-M:8
Coordinates:60.9061°N -161.4269°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KKI
R1-Number:1/19
R1-Length-F:3,300
R1-Length-M:1,006
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:3,000 (2014)
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:5,094
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:192,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: FAA[1] [2]

Akiachak Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Akiachak, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 2,607 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 44% from the 1,811 enplanements in 2006.

Facilities

Akiachak Airport has one runway designated 1/19 with a 3,300 by 60 ft (1,004 x 18 m) gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending August 26, 2005, the airport had 3,000 aircraft operations, an average of 250 per month, all of which were air taxi.

The state has plans to acquire 236acres to relocate the airport and build a new 3300feet runway.[3] [4]

Airlines and destinations

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2015[5]
RankCityAirport name & IATA codePassengers
1Bethel, AKBethel (BET)2,560
2Akiak, AKAkiak (AKI)align=right 60
3Tuluksak, AKTuluksak (TLT)align=right 40
4Aniak, AKAniak (ANI)align=right 20
5Kwethluk, AKKwethluk (KWT)align=right 10

See also

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Notes and References

  1. , effective 2008-07-31.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
  3. http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/53a2e6f2d0aafc648925672a00602f03/7c386083e7e9ad9089257384007bef16?OpenDocument Akiachak Airport Relocation
  4. http://www.legfin.state.ak.us/BudgetReports/GetBackupDocuments.php?Year=2008&Type=proj&Number=46942&NumberType=LFD Akiachak Airport Relocation
  5. Web site: Akiachak, AK: Akiachak (Z13) . . December 2015 . January 10, 2017 .