Larsen Bay Airport Explained

Larsen Bay Airport
Iata:KLN
Icao:PALB
Faa:2A3
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
City-Served:Larsen Bay, Alaska
Elevation-F:87
Coordinates:57.535°N -153.9767°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KLN
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:2,690
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:3,426
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Larsen Bay Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Larsen Bay, a city in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,336 passenger enplanements in calendar year 2021.[2] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (A public airport that does not have scheduled service or has scheduled service with less than 2,500 passenger boardings each year).[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Larsen Bay Airport resides at elevation of 87 feet (27 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 2,690 by 75 feet (820 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 3,730 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 52% air taxi and 48% general aviation.[4]

Airport Operations[5]

Airport use: Open to the public
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
NOTAMs facility: ENA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT MIRL RY 04/22 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)ACTVT ROTG BCN - CTAF.

Runway Information [6]

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 2690 x 75 ft. / 820 x 23 m
Surface: gravel, in good conditionSLOPES DOWN TOWARD MIDPOINT.
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
Runway edge markings: RYS 04 & 22 THLD MKD WITH LIGHTS. PLASTIC REFLECTORS, AND THLD PANELS.
RUNWAY 4RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 57-31.982852N57-32.226197N
Longitude: 153-58.943418W153-58.258150W
Elevation: 86.7 ft.72.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 7 ft. brush, 60 ft. left and right of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear10 ft. brush, 70 ft. left and right of centerline

Airline and destinations

Airlines with scheduled passenger service to non-stop destinations:

Statistics[7]

Top domestic destinations: April 2022 - March 2022[8] ! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers
1Kodiak, AKKodiak Airport (ADQ)2.09 thousand

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
  2. Web site: October 6, 2022 . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) 2023–2027: Appendix A - List of NPIAS Airports . June 3, 2024.
  3. Web site: September 30, 2022 . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) 2023–2027: Appendix C - Statutory and Policy Definitions; Data Sources; and NPIAS Process . June 3, 2024.
  4. Web site: Facility Dashboard-2A3 . June 3, 2024.
  5. Web site: 2 November 2023 . Larsen Bay Airport Larsen Bay, Alaska, USA .
  6. Web site: 2 November 2023 . Larsen Bay Airport Larsen Bay, Alaska, USA .
  7. Web site: RITA BTS Transtats . 2024-06-03 . www.transtats.bts.gov.
  8. Web site: Larsen Bay, AK: Larsen Bay Airport (KLN) . June 3, 2024 . Bureau of Transportation Statistics.