King Salmon Airport

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King Salmon Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves King Salmon, Alaska
Elevation  AMSL 73 ft / 22 m
Coordinates 58°40′35″N156°38′55″W / 58.67639°N 156.64861°W / 58.67639; -156.64861
Map
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AKN
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
12/308,9012,713Asphalt
18/364,0171,224Asphalt
Statistics (12 months ending May 2022 except where noted)
Passenger volume54,020
Departing passengers26,000
Scheduled flights4,232
Cargo (lb.)14 mil
Aircraft operations (2021)25,201
Based aircraft (2022)39

King Salmon Airport( IATA : AKN, ICAO : PAKN, FAA LID : AKN) is a state-owned public-use airport located just southeast of King Salmon, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] It was formerly the Naknek Air Force Base, named for its location near the Naknek River.

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 42,310 passenger boardings ( enplanements ) in calendar year 2008, [3] 40,637 enplanements in 2009, and 41,514 in 2010. [4] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility. [5]

Facilities and aircraft

King Salmon Airport covers an area of 5,277 acres (2,136 ha) at an elevation of 73 feet (22 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 measuring 8,901 by 150 feet (2,713 × 46 m) and 18/36 measuring 4,017 by 100 feet (1,224 × 30 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2021 the airport had 25,201 aircraft operations, an average of 69 per day: 65% air taxi, 24% general aviation, 7% scheduled commercial, and 4% military. In August 2022, there were 39 aircraft based at this airport: 33 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, and 3 helicopter. [1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Alaska Airlines Anchorage, Dillingham
Aleutian Airways Anchorage [6]
Grant Aviation Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, Clarks Point, Dillingham, Egegik, Igiugig, Levelock, Perryville, Pilot Point, Port Heiden, South Naknek, Ugashik Bay [7]
Katmai Air [8] Anchorage, Brooks Camp [9]
Ravn Alaska Seasonal: Anchorage [10]

Statistics

Carrier shares

Statistics

Top airlines at AKN (September 2021 - August 2022) [2]
RankAirlinePassengersPercent of market share
1 Alaska Airlines 31,77055.55%
2 Horizon Air (Alaska Airlines)10,87019.00%
3 Ravn Alaska 5,0508.83%
4 Grant Aviation 4,6308.10%
5Katmai Air4,4007.69%


Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes from AKN (September 2021 – August 2022) [2]
RankCityAirportPassengersCarriers
1 Anchorage, AK Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport 23,960Alaska, Katmai, Ravn
2 Brooks Camp, AK 2,250Katmai
3 Dillingham, AK Dillingham Airport 980Alaska, Grant
4 Egegik, AK Egegik Airport 660Grant
5 Pilot Point, AK Pilot Point Airport 260Grant
6 Port Heiden, AK Port Heiden Airport 230Grant
7 Perryville, AK Perryville Airport 90Grant
8 Igiugig, AK Igiugig Airport 60Grant


Annual traffic

Annual passenger traffic at AKN airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents and incidents

On June 30, 1985, Douglas C-47B N168Z of Northern Peninsula Fisheries was substantially damaged at King Salmon when both engines failed on approach while the aircraft was on an executive flight from Homer Airport, Alaska. [11] The cause of the accident was fuel exhaustion. A fuel filler cap was discovered to be missing after the accident. [12] [ dead link ]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKN PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 11, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "King Salmon (AKN) Summary Statistics". May 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  3. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. "NPIAS Report 2021-2025 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration . September 30, 2020. p. 9. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  6. "Aleutian Airways Adds King Salmon Service From June 2023". Aeroroutes. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
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