Atka Airport

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Atka Airport
IATA: AKB – ICAO: PAAK – FAA LID: AKA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves 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 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Atka,[1] a city on Atka Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled commercial airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

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

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Facilities and aircraft

Atka Airport has one asphalt paved runway designated 15/33 which measures 3,287 by 84 feet (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]

Airline and destination

Airlines Destinations
Peninsula Airways Dutch Harbor/Unalaska

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for AKA (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: AKB / PAAK - Atka, Alaska
  3. ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 363) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2008-3-36: re-selecting Peninsula Airways for $513,803 at Atka and $469,786 at Nikolski, through June 30, 2010.
    • Order 2006-5-21: re-selecting Peninsula Airways for $449,605 at Atka and $314,694 at Nikolski, through June 30, 2008.
    • Order 2004-6-20: re-selecting Peninsula Airways to provide essential air service at Atka and Nikolski, Alaska, at annual subsidy rates of $336,303 and $173,603 per year, respectively, for the period ending June 30, 2006.

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