Chevak Airport Explained

Chevak Airport
Iata:VAK
Icao:PAVA
Faa:VAK
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Location:Chevak, Alaska
Elevation-F:75
Elevation-M:23
Coordinates:61.5408°N -165.6008°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:VAK
R1-Number:2/20
R1-Length-F:3,220
R1-Length-M:981
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:12,115
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:1,912,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Chevak Airport is a publicly owned airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of the central business district of Chevak, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state.

Facilities

Chevak Airport has one runway and one seaplane landing area:

Dimension:3200 x 75 ft / 975.4 x 22.9 m
Surface:GRVL, Fair ConditionRY USED AS ROAD. FIRST 200 FT OF RY02 ROUGH.
Edge Lights:Medium
Runway 02Runway 20
Longitude:165-36-21.2000W165-35-45.2212W
Latitude:61-32-13.8312N61-32-40.2536N
Elevation:35.00 ft47.00 ft
Alignment:33127
Traffic Pattern:LeftLeft
Crossing Height:25.00 ft25.00 ft
VASI:4-light PAPI on left side4-light PAPI on left side
Visual Glide Angle:3.00°3.00°
Runway End Identifier:YesYes

Runway 18W/36W

Dimension:2000 x 400 ft / 609.6 x 121.9 m
Surface:WATER,RY USED AS ROAD. FIRST 200 FT OF RY02 ROUGH.

Radio Navigation Aids

IDTypeNameChFreqVarDist
CZFNDB/DMECape Romanzof114Y275.0013E18.3 nm
HPBVOR/DMEHooper Bay099X115.2013E15.4 nm

Airlines and destinations

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

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[2]

Top destinations

! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers! Carriers

align=right 1 Bethel, AKBethel Airportalign=right 4,870Grant, Hageland
align=right 2 Hooper Bay, AKHooper Bay Airportalign=right 780Grant
align=right 3 Scammon Bay, AKScammon Bay Airportalign=right 190
align=right 4 Newtok, AKNewtok Airportalign=right 70
align=right 5 St. Mary's, AKSt. Mary's Airportalign=right 50
align=right 6 Chefornak, AKChefornak Airportalign=right 10
align=right Platinum, AKPlatinum Airportalign=right 10
align=right Emmonak, AKEmmonak Airportalign=right 10
align=right Unalakleet, AKUnalakleet Airportalign=right 10
align=right Eek, AKEek Airportalign=right 10

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. , January 5, 2017
  2. Web site: Chevak, AK: Chevak (VAK) . . December 2015 . January 15, 2017 .