Akutan Seaplane Base

Akutan Seaplane Base
IATA: KQA – ICAO: none – FAA LID: KQA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Public Domain
Serves Akutan, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
E/W 10,000 3,048 Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 52
Enplanements (2008) 1,346
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

Akutan Seaplane Base (IATA: KQA, FAA LID: KQA) is a public use seaplane base located in Akutan, a city in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Scheduled seaplane service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,346 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 22.33% from the 1,733 enplanements in 2007.[2] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[3]

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Facilities and aircraft

Akutan Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated E/W which measures 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 52 aircraft operations, an average of one per week, 100% of which were air taxi service.[1]

Airline and destination

References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for KQA (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 3 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 18 December 2009.
  3. ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.

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