Akhiok Airport
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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 / 56.93861°N 154.18250°W | ||||||||||
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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]
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
[edit]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
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (January 2022) |
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Island Air Service | Kodiak, Old Harbor[5] |
Statistics
[edit]| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Servant | |
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| 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 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 05, 2017.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Schedules". Island Air Service. Archived from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ a b "Akhiok, AK: Akhiok Airport (AKK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. December 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
Other sources
[edit]- Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-2007-0020) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Order 2008-2-10 (February 6, 2008): selecting Servant Air, Inc. to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Akhiok, Alaska, for the two-year period beginning when the carrier inaugurates scheduled passenger service pursuant to this order, at an annual subsidy of $51,079 for service to Kodiak with 5-seat Piper PA-32R-300 aircraft.
- Order 2010-2-15 (February 17, 2010): relying on Servant Air, Inc., to provide subsidy-free essential air service (EAS) at Akhiok and Karluk, Alaska, and terminating the carrier-selection case effective April 1, 2010, when the currently effective EAS contract at each community expires.
External links
[edit]- Topographic map from USGS The National Map
- Airport diagram from FAA Alaska Region
- FAA Terminal Procedures for AKK, effective December 26, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AKK
- AirNav airport information for PAKH
- ASN accident history for AKK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PAKH
