Perryville Airport Explained

Perryville Airport
Iata:KPV
Icao:PAPE
Faa:PEV
Type:Public
Owner:Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
City-Served:Perryville, Alaska
Elevation-F:29
Elevation-M:9
Coordinates:55.9067°N -159.1608°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:KPV
R1-Number:2/20
R1-Length-F:3,300
R1-Length-M:1,006
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2005
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:410
Stat2-Header:Enplanements (2008)
Stat2-Data:714

Perryville Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Perryville, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 714 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 5% from the 683 enplanements in 2007. Perryville 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 PEV by the FAA and KPV by the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Perryville Airport covers an area of 149acres at an elevation of 29 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a gravel surface measuring 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m). The airport is unattended.

The airport's former runway was designated 3/21 and measured 2467feetx50feetft (xft).[4]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 410 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per month: 51% air taxi and 49% general aviation.

See also

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/KPV Great Circle Mapper: KPV - Perryville, Alaska
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20050119181345/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/AK5.gif Diagram for Perryville (AK5)