Akhiok Airport (IATA: AKK, ICAO: PAKH, FAA LID: AKK) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Akhiok, a city in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Akhiok, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 44 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 56°56′19″N 154°10′57″W | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,220 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 1,356 enplanements in 2009, and 1,209 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[4]
Scheduled passenger service was subsidized by the U.S. Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program until the end of March 2010, after which Servant Air began providing subsidy-free service.
Akhiok Airport resides at an elevation of 44 feet (13 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 3,120 by 50 feet (951 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,600 aircraft operations, an average of 133 per month: 94% air taxi and 6% general aviation.[1]
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The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Island Air Service | Kodiak, Old Harbor[5] |
Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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Servant | 850(74.1%) |
Island | 300(25.9%) |
Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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1 | Kodiak, AK | Kodiak Airport (ADQ) | 560 |
2 | Old Harbor, AK | Old Harbor Airport (OLH) | 40 |
3 | Larsen Bay, AK | Larsen Bay Airport (KLN) | 10 |
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