Chignik Lake Airport Explained

Chignik Lake Airport
Iata:KCQ
Faa:A79
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
City-Served:Chignik Lake, Alaska
Elevation-F:50
Elevation-M:15
Coordinates:56.255°N -158.7753°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KCQ
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:2,800
R1-Length-M:853
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2015
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:720 (2013)
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:452
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:98,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Chignik Lake Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located at Chignik Lake, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[2] Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).[3]

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[4]

! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers

align=right 1 King Salmon, AKKing Salmon Airportalign=right 100
align=right 2 Perryville, AKPerryville Airportalign=right 50
align=right 3 Chignik Lagoon, AKChignik Lagoon Airportalign=right 30
align=right 4 Port Heiden, AKPort Heiden Airportalign=right 20

Facilities and aircraft

Chignik Lake Airport has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 2,800 by 60 feet (853 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2005, the airport had 720 aircraft operations, an average of 60 per month: 69% air taxi and 31% general aviation. The airport is unattended.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. , effective 2009-08-27.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
  3. http://www.penair.com/timetables.html 2009 Timetables
  4. Web site: Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI) . . December 2015 . January 17, 2017 .