Atka Airport

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Atka Airport
IATA: AKB - ICAO: PAAK - FAA: AKA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		State of Alaska DOT&PF
Serves		Atka, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		56 ft (17.1 m)
Coordinates		52°13′13″ N 174°12′23″ W (52.220277777778, -174.20638888889)
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	3,287	1,002	Asphalt

Atka Airport (IATA: AKB, ICAO: PAAK, FAA LID: AKA) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of Atka, a city on Atka Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Atka Airport is assigned AKA^[1] by the FAA and AKB^[2] by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is PAAK^[3].

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Airline and destination 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Facilities

Atka Airport has one runway:

• Runway 15/33: 3,287 x 84 ft. (1,002 x 26 m), Surface: Asphalt

[edit] Airline and destination

Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

• Peninsula Airways (Dutch Harbor/Unalaska)

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PAAK
  • FlightAware: PAKA Airport Information and Live Flight Tracker (listed under incorrect ICAO airport code)
  • NWS weather observations for PAAK: current and past 72 hours
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for AKA