Atka Airport

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Coordinates: 52°13′13″N 174°12′23″W / 52.22028, -174.20639

Atka Airport

IATA: AKB – ICAO: PAAK – FAA: AKA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator State of Alaska DOT&PF, Central Region
Location Atka, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 56 ft / 17 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 3,287 1,002 Asphalt
Statistics (2003)
Aircraft operations 150
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Atka Airport (IATA: AKB, ICAO: PAAK, FAA LID: AKA, formerly 40A) is a state-owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Atka, a city on Atka Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Atka Airport is assigned AKA by the FAA and AKB by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAAK[3].

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[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Atka Airport has one asphalt paved runway (15/33) measuring 3,287 x 84 ft. (1,002 x 26 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2003, the airport had 150 aircraft operations, 100% of which were air taxi flights.[1]

[edit] Airline and destination

Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for AKA (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: AKB / PAAK - Atka, Alaska
  3. ^ FAA: Alaska Identifiers

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