Alakanuk Airport

Alakanuk Airport
IATA: AUK ICAO: PAUK FAA LID: AUK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves	Alakanuk, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	21.7 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	62°40′59″N 164°43′19.9″W
Map
AUK Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 4,000 1,219 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations 0 (2012) Based aircraft 0 Passengers 5,933 Freight 1,041,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Alakanuk Airport (IATA: AUK[2], ICAO: PAUK[3], FAA LID: AUK) is a state-owned public-use airport located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Alakanuk,[1] a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,015 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 3,302 enplanements in 2009, and 3,213 in 2010.[5] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[6]

Facilities

Alakanuk Airport was moved to a new location in 2012;[7][8][9] previously, it was located southwest of the town, at an elevation of 10 feet (3 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 18/36 with a gravel and dirt surface measuring 2,200 by 55 feet (671 x 17 m).[10] The new airport is at an elevation of 21.7 feet (6.6 m) above mean sea level, and has one gravel runway designated 16/34 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 by 23 m).[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Bethel, Emmonak[11]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015[12]

Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Grant Aviation	4,280(72.21%)
Hageland	1,650(27.79%)

Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2015[12]

Rank	City	Airport name & IATA code	Passengers
1	Emmonak, AK	Emmonak Airport (EMK)	1,260
2	Bethel, AK	Bethel Airport (BET)	840
3	St. Mary's, AK	St. Mary's Airport (KSM)	690
4	Kotlik, AK	Kotlik Airport (KOT)	80
5	Mountain Village, AK	Mountain Village Airport (MOU)	80

See also

• List of airports in Alaska

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for AUK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 4, 2017.
2. "IATA Airport Code Search (AUK: Alakanuk)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
3. "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
4. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
5. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
6. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
7. "New Alakanuk Airport opens". The Tundra Drums. Vol. 40, no. 15. October 18, 2012. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
8. "Alakanuk Airport Relocation". Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. June 20, 2005. Archived from the original on February 4, 2012.
9. "Annotated aerial photo of current and planned airports". WikiMapia. Retrieved September 17, 2008.
10. FAA Airport Master Record for AUK Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 30, 2007.
11. "Grant Schedule". (retrieved Sep 10, 2022)
12. "Alakanuk, AK: Alakanuk Airport (AUK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2017.

External links

• Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
• Topographic map from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for AUK (PAUK) at FAA
  • Airport information for PAUK at AirNav
  • Accident history for AUK at Aviation Safety Network
  • Aeronautical chart and airport information for AUK at SkyVector