Naknek Air Force Base

Naknek Air Force Base
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	United States Air Force
Location	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
Naknek AFB Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 8,901 2,713 Asphalt 18/36 4,017 1,224 Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1]

Naknek Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force base located just southeast of King Salmon, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. ^[1] Following its closure, it has since been redeveloped into King Salmon Airport.

The United States Army Air Corps built Naknek Air Base in 1941. The military established a rest and recreation camp at the Naknek River Rapids called Rapids Camp, and another at the west end of Naknek Lake called Lake Camp. In the 1950s, the base was renamed King Salmon Air Station. ^[2]

See also

• Alaska World War II Army Airfields
• Air Transport Command
• Northwest Staging Route

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for AKN PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 31 May 2012.
2. Bennett, Bo (2000). Rods & Wings. Anchorage: Publication Consultants. p. 89. ISBN   9781888125627.

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency