Kenai Municipal Airport

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Kenai Municipal Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Kenai
Serves Kenai, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 99 ft / 30 m
Coordinates 60°34′24″N151°14′41″W / 60.57333°N 151.24472°W / 60.57333; -151.24472
Website www.kenaiairport.com
Map
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ENA
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
2L/20R7,8552,394Asphalt
2R/20L1,980604Gravel
2W/20W4,6001,402Water
Helipads
NumberLengthSurface
ftm
H110030Asphalt
H210030Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft operations38,960
Based aircraft61

Kenai Municipal Airport( IATA : ENA, ICAO : PAEN, FAA LID : ENA) is a city-owned, public-use airport located in Kenai, a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1]

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 96,565 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [2] 82,277 enplanements in 2009, and 86,857 in 2010. [3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year). [4]

Facilities and aircraft

Kenai Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,200 acres (486 ha) at an elevation of 99 feet (30 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 2L/20R with a 7,855 by 150 feet (2,394 x 46 m) asphalt pavement and 2R/20L with a 1980 by 75 feet (604 x 23 m) gravel surface. It also has a seaplane landing area designated 2W/20W which measures 4,600 by 252 feet (1,402 x 77 m). In addition, the airport has two asphalt helipads that are 100 by 100 feet (30 x 30 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending December 1, 2011, the airport had 40,178 aircraft operations, an average of 110 per day: 58% air taxi, 32% general aviation, 8% military, and 3% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 61 aircraft based at this airport: 88.5% single-engine and 11.5% multi-engine. [1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Grant Aviation Anchorage
Kenai Aviation Anchorage

Statistics

Top airlines at ENA (September 2021 - August 2022) [5]
RankAirlinePassengersPercent of market share
1 Ravn Alaska 72,95054.92%
2 Grant Aviation 52,38039.44%
3Corvus Airlines7,4105.58%
4Iliamna Air Taxi900.07%
Top domestic destinations (Sep. 2021 - Aug. 2022) [5]
RankCityAirportPassengersCarriers
1 Anchorage, AK Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 67,420Grant, Ravn Alaska
2 Iliamna, AK Iliamna Airport 30

Historical airline service

Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA, the successor to Woodley Airways which began operations in Alaska in 1932) was serving the airport in 1955 with Douglas DC-3 service operated twice daily on a southbound routing of Anchorage - Kenai - Homer, AK - Kodiak, AK as well as a northbound DC-3 service operated daily on a routing of Dillingham, AK - Naknek, AK/King Salmon, AK - Iliamna, AK - Kenai - Anchorage and also northbound DC-3 flights operated twice a week Kodiak - Homer - Kenai - Anchorage. [6] By 1965, Pacific Northern was operating three nonstop flights on a daily basis from Kenai to Anchorage with DC-3 as well as four engine Lockheed Constellation propliners with the Constellation service operating a roundtrip Anchorage - Kenai - Homer - Kodiak routing six days a week as well. [7] Also in 1965, Pacific Northern was offering direct connecting Constellation and DC-3 service via Anchorage to its Boeing 720 jetliner flights to Seattle (SEA). [8] In 1967, Western Airlines, a major air carrier based in Los Angeles, acquired Pacific Northern and continued to serve Kenai following the merger of the two airlines with Constellation propliners flying four times a day nonstop to Anchorage with one of these Constellation flights also operating daily roundtrip Anchorage - Kenai - Homer - Kodiak service. [9] In 1968, Western was offering direct connecting Constellation service from Kenai via Anchorage to its Boeing 720 and Boeing 720B jetliner flights from ANC to Seattle (SEA), San Francisco (SFO) and Los Angeles (LAX). [10] [11] Western was still serving Kenai in 1970 and operated four engine Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprops into the airport at one point; however, Western then ceased serving Kenai during the early 1970s. [12] [13] [14]

Historical airline jet service

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the airport had scheduled passenger jet service to Seattle (SEA). In 1979, Wien Air Alaska was operating nonstop flights to Seattle three days a week with Boeing 737-200 jetliners. [15] By 1981, Wien Air Alaska was flying daily direct Boeing 737-200 service to Seattle via an intermediate stop in Anchorage (ANC). [16] Wien then discontinued jet service into the airport and by 1984 was only flying nonstop service to Anchorage with all flights operated with commuter turboprop aircraft. [17]

History

The airport was initially constructed by the US Army under Air Navigation Site Withdrawal No. 156 in 1941 with a 5,000' runway completed by the Civil Air Patrol in 1942. The first terminal building was constructed in 1952, north of the highway spur next to the cemetery.

During the Korean War era the US Air Force maintained jet fighters at the airport and provided maintenance via an agreement with the FAA. The USAF agreement ended in 1962, but the Air Force still retains four airport-adjacent tracts of land.

In 1963 2,000 acres encompassing the airport and lands were transferred to the City of Kenai by the FAA. The current terminal was built in 1966, with some remodeling in the '80s. [18]

In 1973 an FAA control tower was added for increased safety and to permit additional equipment to use the facility. [19]

In 1984 commercial flights to Seattle ended. Currently only commuter flights to Anchorage are scheduled.

The last large commercial jetliner landed in March, 2014, when a massive snow storm completely closed Anchorage International causing United Airlines Flight 1425 (a Boeing 737) from Chicago to be diverted to Kenai, staying overnight to allow the pilots to complete mandatory rest. [20]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for ENA PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
  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 September 27, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. August 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/pn1/pn5504/pn5504-2.jpg [ bare URL image file ]
  7. ↑ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/pn65/pn65-2.jpg [ bare URL image file ]
  8. ↑ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/pn65/pn65-3.jpg [ bare URL image file ]
  9. ↑ "Pacific Northern Airlines".
  10. ↑ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/wa68/wa68-01.jpg [ bare URL image file ]
  11. ↑ https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/wa68/wa68-11.jpg [ bare URL image file ]
  12. ↑ "Western Airlines January 6, 1970 Route Map".
  13. ↑ "Aviation Photo #0111741: Lockheed L-188A Electra - Western Airlines".
  14. ↑ "Western Airlines October 29, 1972 Route Map".
  15. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Seattle/Tacoma International Airport flight schedules
  16. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, April 1, 1981 Official Airline Guide (OAG), Anchorage & Seattle/Tacoma International Airport flight schedules
  17. ↑ http://www.departedflights.com, Sept. 1, 1984 Wien Airlines system timetable
  18. ↑ https://businessviewmagazine.com/kenai-municipal-airport-gateway-kenai-peninsula/ Business View magazine, Sep 2020.
  19. ↑ https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/188284/Apr_2018_KHS_Newsletter.pdf Kenai Municipal Airport by Bryan Evans, reproduced in Kenai Historical Newsletter in April, 2018
  20. ↑ "More than 100 stranded at Kenai Airport after United Airlines flight diversion". 16 March 2014.
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