Atka Airport

Atka Airport (IATA: AKB, ICAO: PAAK, FAA LID: AKA, formerly 40A) is a state-owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 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 passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

AirporttypePublic

OwnerAlaska DOT&PF - Central Region

ServesAtka, Alaska

LocationAtka Island

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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
Location	Atka Island
Elevation AMSL	57 ft (17 m)
Coordinates	52°13′14″N 174°12′22″W
Map
AKA Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 4,500 1,372 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations 156 Based aircraft 0 Passengers 623 Freight 86,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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As per Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, the airport had 321 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[2] 406 enplanements in 2009, and 322 in 2010.^[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).^[4]

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.^[5] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAAK.^[6]