Ouzinkie Airport

Ouzinkie Airport (IATA: KOZ, FAA LID: 4K5) is a state-owned public-use airport serving Ouzinkie,[1] a city on Spruce Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Ouzinkie Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
ServesOuzinkie, Alaska
Elevation AMSL100 ft / 30 m
Coordinates57°56′32″N 152°27′54″W
Map
KOZ
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8/26 3,300 1,006 Gravel

The airport received national media attention in 2009 after being slotted to receive $15 million in federal stimulus money to construct a new airstrip.[2][3] The new airport opened in 2010.[4]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, Ouzinkie Airport had 2,071 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[5] 2,999 enplanements in 2009, and 2,784 in 2010.[6] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility based on enplanements in 2008 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 per year).[7]

Facilities

Ouzinkie Airport covers an area of 170 acres (69 ha) at an elevation of 100 feet (30 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 3,300 by 60 feet (1,006 x 18 m).[1]

The former location (57°55′31″N 152°29′49″W) had one runway designated 11/29 with a gravel surface measuring 2,085 by 80 feet (636 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, it had 42 aircraft operations per month: 60% general aviation and 40% air taxi.

Airline and destinations

Airlines with scheduled passenger service to non-stop destinations:

AirlinesDestinations
Island Air Service Kodiak, Port Lions[8]
Servant Air Kodiak, Port Lions[9]

Statistics
Carrier shares: January – December 2012[10]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
Island
2,370(71.3%)
Servant
950(28.7%)
Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2012[10]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Kodiak, AK Kodiak Airport (ADQ) 1,700
2 Port Lions, AK Port Lions Airport (ORI) 60

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 4K5 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 25, 2011.
  2. Karlinsky, Neal; Harper, Eloise (August 3, 2009). "Alaska's Airport to Nowhere". ABC News.
  3. DeGeorge, Krestia (July 15, 2009). "Quit picking on Ouzinkie". Anchorage Press.
  4. "Ouzinkie has a new airport". JuneauEmpire.com. July 9, 2010.
  5. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  6. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  7. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  8. "Summer Schedule: effective June 1, 2012 - September 15, 2012". Island Air Service. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  9. "Summer Schedule: effective April 4, 2012". Servant Air. August 3, 2012. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013.
  10. "Ouzinkie, AK: Ouzinkie Airport (KOZ)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.