Kenai Municipal Airport

Kenai Municipal Airport
IATA: ENAICAO: PAENFAA LID: ENA
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Kenai
Serves Kenai, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 99 ft / 30 m
Coordinates 60°34′24″N 151°14′41″W / 60.57333°N 151.24472°W
Website www.KenaiAirport.com
Map
ENA

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1L/19R 7,830 2,387 Asphalt
1R/19L 2,000 610 Gravel
1W/19W 4,600 1,402 Water
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 100 30 Asphalt
H2 100 30 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 40,178
Based aircraft 61
Note: "Paen" is also its own word, with the meaning of: "A song or hymn of praise, joy, or triumph...".[2]

Kenai Municipal Airport (IATA: ENA, ICAO: PAEN, FAA LID: ENA) is a city owned, public use airport located in Kenai, a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 96,565 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 82,277 enplanements in 2009, and 86,857 in 2010.[4] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[5]

Facilities and aircraft

Kenai Municipal Airport covers an area of 1,200 acres (486 ha) at an elevation of 99 feet (30 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 1L/19R with a 7,830 by 150 feet (2,387 x 46 m) asphalt pavement and 1R/19L with a 2,000 by 60 feet (610 x 18 m) gravel surface. It also has a seaplane landing area designated 1W/19W which measures 4,600 by 252 feet (1,402 x 77 m). In addition, the airport has two asphalt helipads that are 100 by 100 feet (30 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 1, 2011, the airport had 40,178 aircraft operations, an average of 110 per day: 58% air taxi, 32% general aviation, 8% military, and 3% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 61 aircraft based at this airport: 88.5% single-engine and 11.5% multi-engine.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:

Airlines Destinations
Era Aviation Anchorage
Grant Aviation Anchorage, Valdez

Top destinations

Top ten busiest domestic routes out of ENA
(July 2010 - June 2011) [6]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Alaska Anchorage, AK 82,000 Era Alaska, Grant
2 Alaska Kodiak, AK 1,000

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for ENA (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. http://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=807
  3. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
  6. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=ENA&Airport_Name=Kenai,%20AK:%20Kenai%20Municipal&carrier=FACTS

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