Chignik Lake Airport

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Chignik Lake Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves Chignik Lake, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 50 ft / 15 m
Coordinates 56°15′18″N158°46′31″W / 56.25500°N 158.77528°W / 56.25500; -158.77528
Map
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KCQ
Location of airport in Alaska
Chignik Lake Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
8/262,800853Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations720 (2013)
Based aircraft0
Passengers452
Freight98,000 lbs

Chignik Lake Airport( IATA : KCQ, FAA LID : A79) is a state-owned, public-use airport located at Chignik Lake, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1]

Contents

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility. [2] Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir). [3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Grant Aviation Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, King Salmon, Perryville, Port Heiden, Ugashik Bay [4]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015 [5]
Carrier  Passengers (arriving and departing)
Grant
452(100.00%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015 [5]
RankCityAirportPassengers
1 Flag of Alaska.svg King Salmon, AK King Salmon Airport 100
2 Flag of Alaska.svg Perryville, AK Perryville Airport 50
3 Flag of Alaska.svg Chignik Lagoon, AK Chignik Lagoon Airport 30
4 Flag of Alaska.svg Port Heiden, AK Port Heiden Airport 20

Facilities and aircraft

Chignik Lake Airport has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 2,800 by 60 feet (853 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2005, the airport had 720 aircraft operations, an average of 60 per month: 69% air taxi and 31% general aviation. The airport is unattended. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for A79 PDF , effective 2009-08-27.
  2. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
  3. 2009 Timetables Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine . Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 3 Sep 2009.
  4. "Grant Aviation Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
  5. 1 2 "Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2017.