False Pass Airport Explained

False Pass Airport
Iata:KFP
Icao:PAKF
Faa:KFP
Type:Public
Owner:Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
City-Served:False Pass, Alaska
Elevation-F:20
Coordinates:54.8475°N -163.4103°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KFP
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-F:2,150
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2016
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2015)
Stat1-Data:1,050
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2017)
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:677
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:57,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Source: Bureau of Transportation

False Pass Airport is a state owned, public use airport in False Pass, a city in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to Cold Bay Airport and Akutan Airport is provided by Grant Aviation

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 505 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 482 enplanements in 2009, and 321 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]

Facilities and aircraft

False Pass Airport covers 20 acres (8 ha) at an elevation of 20 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with a gravel surface measuring 2,100 by 75 feet (640 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,050 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per month: 52% general aviation and 48% air taxi.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2016[5]

! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers

align=right 1 Cold Bay, AKCold Bay Airportalign=right 340
align=right 2 Akutan, AKAkutan Airportalign=right 10

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 27, 2017.
  2. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2008 . PDF, 1.0 MB . CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . December 18, 2009 .
  3. Web site: Enplanements for CY 2010 . PDF, 189 KB . CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2011 .
  4. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .
  5. Web site: Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI) . . December 2016 . May 11, 2017 .

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