Allakaket Airport Explained

Allakaket Airport
Iata:AET
Icao:PFAL
Faa:6A8
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
City-Served:Allakaket, Alaska
Elevation-F:441
Elevation-M:134
Coordinates:66.5519°N -152.6222°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:AET
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:4,000
R1-Length-M:1,219
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:1,220 (2014)
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:3,294
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:591,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] [2]

Allakaket Airport, is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north-northwest of the central business district of Allakaket, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is sometimes referred to as the New Allakaket Airport because it was constructed on a site southeast of the original airport which is now closed.[3]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 2,505 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 27% from the 1,969 enplanements in 2006.

Facilities and aircraft

Allakaket Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 2,270 aircraft operations, an average of 189 per month: 53% air taxi, 46% general aviation and 1% military.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2015[4]

! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers

1Fairbanks, AKFairbanks International Airport (FAI)1,620
2Hughes, AKHughes Airport (HUS)30
3Bettles, AKBettles Airport (BTT)10
4Huslia, AKHuslia Airport (HSL)align=right 10

See also

External links

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://wikimapia.org/#y=66.5518&x=-152.6222&z=12&l=0&m=h&v=2 Annotated aerial photo showing new airport southeast of old airport
  4. Web site: Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI) . . December 2015 . January 10, 2017 .