Tununak Airport Explained

Tununak Airport
Iata:TNK
Faa:4KA
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
City-Served:Tununak, Alaska
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:TNK
Elevation-F:14
Elevation-M:4
Coordinates:60.5756°N -165.2717°W
R1-Number:8/26
R1-Length-F:1,778
R1-Length-M:542
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat1-Header:Enplanements (2008)
Stat1-Data:1,809

Tununak Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Tununak, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 1,809 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 9.6% from the 2,001 enplanements in 2007. Tununak Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 4KA by the FAA and TNK by the IATA.[2]

Facilities

Tununak Airport has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 1,778 by 30 feet (542 x 9 m). The airport is unattended.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/TNK Great Circle Mapper: TNK - Tununak, Alaska