Akhiok Airport

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]

Akhiok Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
ServesAkhiok, Alaska
Elevation AMSL44 ft / 13 m
Coordinates56°56′19″N 154°10′57″W
Map
AKK
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 3,120 951 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations1,600 (2013)
Based aircraft0
Passengers1,150
Freight115,000 lbs

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.

Facilities and aircraft

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]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Island Air Service Kodiak, Old Harbor[5]
Servant Air Kodiak, Old Harbor[6]

Statistics
Carrier shares: January 2015 – December 2015[7]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
Servant
850(74.1%)
Island
300(25.9%)
Top domestic destinations: Jan. 2015 – Dec. 2015[7]
Rank City Airport Passengers
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

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 05, 2017.
  2. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  5. "Schedules". Island Air Service. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  6. "Summer Schedule: Effective April 4, 2012". Servant Air. August 3, 2012. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013.
  7. "Akhiok, AK: Akhiok Airport (AKK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. December 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2017.

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