Koliganek Airport Explained

Koliganek Airport
Iata:KGK
Icao:PAJZ
Faa:JZZ
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF
City-Served:Koliganek, Alaska
Elevation-F:269
Elevation-M:82
Coordinates:59.7267°N 157.2594°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KGK
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-F:3,000
R1-Length-M:914
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat1-Header:Enplanements (2008)
Stat1-Data:481

Koliganek Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district of Koliganek, in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to Dillingham Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 481 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 21% from the 606 enplanements in 2007. Koliganek Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned JZZ by the FAA and KGK by the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

This airport opened in 1997, replacing the former airport[4] located at 59.7244°N 157.2858°W. The current airport has one runway designated 9/27 with a gravel surface measuring 3,000 by 75 feet (914 × 23 m).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.penair.com/timetables.html 2009 Timetables
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
  3. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KGK Great Circle Mapper: KGK - Koliganek, Alaska
  4. http://notes4.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/53a2e6f2d0aafc648925672a00602f03/db2b151c1fd1549f89256a9c006c94ec?OpenDocument Conveyance Of The Old Koliganek Airport Property