Chevak Airport

Chevak Airport
IATA: VAK ICAO: PAVA FAA LID: VAK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Location	Chevak, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	75 ft / 23 m
Coordinates	61°32′27″N 165°36′03″W
Map
VAK Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 3,220 981 Gravel
Statistics (2015)
Based aircraft 0 Passengers 12,115 Freight 1,912,000 lbs
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Chevak Airport (IATA: VAK, ICAO: PAVA, FAA LID: VAK) is a publicly owned airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of the central business district of Chevak, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state.[1]

Facilities

Chevak Airport has one runway and one seaplane landing area:[1]

• Runway 14/32: 2,680 x 50 ft. (817 x 15 m), surface: gravel
• Runway 18W/36W: 2,000 x 400 ft. (610 x 122 m), surface: water

Dimension:	3200 x 75 ft / 975.4 x 22.9 m
Surface:	GRVL, Fair Condition RY USED AS ROAD. FIRST 200 FT OF RY02 ROUGH.
Edge Lights:	Medium

	Runway 02	Runway 20
Longitude:	165-36-21.2000W	165-35-45.2212W
Latitude:	61-32-13.8312N	61-32-40.2536N
Elevation:	35.00 ft	47.00 ft
Alignment:	33	127
Traffic Pattern:	Left	Left
Crossing Height:	25.00 ft	25.00 ft
VASI:	4-light PAPI on left side	4-light PAPI on left side
Visual Glide Angle:	3.00°	3.00°
Runway End Identifier:	Yes	Yes

Runway 18W/36W

Dimension:	2000 x 400 ft / 609.6 x 121.9 m
Surface:	WATER, RY USED AS ROAD. FIRST 200 FT OF RY02 ROUGH.

	Runway 18W	Runway 36W
Traffic Pattern:	Left	Left

Radio Navigation Aids

ID	Type	Name	Ch	Freq	Var	Dist
CZF	NDB/DME	Cape Romanzof	114Y	275.00	13E	18.3 nm
HPB	VOR/DME	Hooper Bay	099X	115.20	13E	15.4 nm

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Bethel[2]
Ryan Air	Bethel, Hooper Bay, Scammon Bay[3]

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

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015[4]

Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Hageland	8,140(67.22%)
Grant	3,970(32.78%)

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[4]

Top destinations

Rank	City	Airport	Passengers	Carriers
1	Bethel, AK	Bethel Airport	4,870	Grant, Hageland
2	Hooper Bay, AK	Hooper Bay Airport	780	Grant
3	Scammon Bay, AK	Scammon Bay Airport	190
4	Newtok, AK	Newtok Airport	70
5	St. Mary's, AK	St. Mary's Airport	50
6	Chefornak, AK	Chefornak Airport	10
	Platinum, AK	Platinum Airport	10
	Emmonak, AK	Emmonak Airport	10
	Unalakleet, AK	Unalakleet Airport	10
	Eek, AK	Eek Airport	10

See also

• List of airports in Alaska

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for VAK PDF, January 5, 2017
2. "Grant Aviation Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
3. "Passenger Schedules". Ryan Air Services. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
4. "Chevak, AK: Chevak (VAK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2017.

External links

• Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for PAVA at AirNav
  • Accident history for VAK at Aviation Safety Network
  • Aeronautical chart and airport information for VAK at SkyVector