| Adak Airport | |||
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| IATA: ADK – ICAO: PADK – FAA LID: ADK
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region | ||
| Serves | Adak Island, Alaska | ||
| Location | Adak | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 18 ft / 5 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 5/23 | 7,790 | 2,374 | Asphalt |
| 18/36 | 7,605 | 2,318 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 155 | ||
| Enplanements (2008) | 1,989 | ||
| Sources: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2] | |||
Adak Airport (IATA: ADK, ICAO: PADK, FAA LID: ADK), formerly Naval Air Station Adak, is a state-owned, public-use airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The airport is the farthest west for the entire United States at 176.64W.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,989 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 5.38% from the 2,102 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]
Adak's airport is one of the largest and most sophisticated airports in the Aleutian Islands. Built by the U.S. Navy for Naval air transport, the airport is a world-class facility consisting of a 7,800-foot (2,400 m) runway and a 7,600-foot (2,300 m) runway, equipped with an Instrument Landing System and glideslope which facilitate Instrument Flight Rules landings. Adak currently has scheduled jet service provided by Alaska Airlines.
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The military first developed an air station on Adak during World War II. Adak Army Airfield was used during the Aleutian Campaign by both USAAF and Naval Air units. Known units assigned were:
Following the war, the AAF turned Adak over to the Navy who established anti-submarine warfare base there. Adak was most recently run by the U.S. Navy as a deployment base for P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft, primarily to conduct antisubmarine warfare operations against submarines and surveillance of naval surface vessels of the former Soviet Union. By the 1980s there were over 6,000 Navy personnel on the islands.
With the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, NAS Adak's operational viability as a front-line military installation began to wane, and in the mid-1990s a decision was made by the federal government to cease military flight operations there under the military's Base Realignment and Closure Program (BRAC).
On 31 March 1997, the Navy closed Adak Naval Air Facility. The lowering of the flag for the last time ended an era that began of 31 August 1942, when U.S. forces landed on the Aleutian Island and established an advance base there for operations against the Japanese on Kiska and Attu Islands. The Navy left behind a contingent of 30 Navy personnel and 200 civilian contractors to maintain facilities, keep the runway open and begin an environmental cleanup. [4] [5] [6]
Adak Airport has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 7,790 by 200 feet (2,374 x 61 m) and 18/36 is 7,605 by 200 feet (2,318 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending September 20, 2009, the airport had 155 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per month: 65% scheduled commercial, 32% general aviation, and 3% military.[1]
Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. Alaska Airlines provides 2 flights weekly on Sunday and Tuesday.[7] The aircraft used is a Boeing 737-400C.[8]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alaska Airlines | Anchorage |
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Anchorage, AK | 2,000 | Alaska |
American airlines Boeing 777-200 From Dallas Fort Worth Airport enroute to Tokyo Narita diverted to Adak Airport Due to A fire Warning in the cargo hold.
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