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Klawock Airport 
Overhead-Southwest IATA: KLW – ICAO: PAKW – FAA LID: AKW Summary Airport type Public Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Southeastern Region Serves Klawock, Alaska Elevation AMSL 80 ft / 24 m Coordinates 55°34′45″N 133°04′34″W / 55.57917°N 133.07611°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 5,000 1,524 Asphalt Statistics (2006) Aircraft operations 4,000 Based aircraft 4 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Klawock Airport (IATA: KLW, ICAO: PAKW, FAA LID: AKW) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Klawock,[1] a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AKW by the FAA and KLW by the IATA.[2]
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Facilities and aircraft
Klawock Airport has one asphalt paved runway designated 2/20 which measures 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 4,000 aircraft operations, an average of 10 per day: 83% air taxi and 18% general aviation. At that time there were four single-engine aircraft based at this airport.[1]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations Pacific Airways, Inc.[3] Ketchikan Promech Air[4] Ketchikan Cargo airlines
Airlines Destinations Ameriflight Seattle-Boeing Field/King County Airport, Vancouver Accidents
On April 6, 2005, about 14:35 Alaska daylight time, a twin-engine Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander airplane, N29884, sustained substantial damage following a main landing gear component failure and subsequent loss of control while landing at the Klawock Airport, Klawock, Alaska. The flight was conducted under Title 14, CFR Part 135, as a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by LAB Flying Service, Haines, Alaska, as Flight 609. The airline transport certified pilot and the two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and VFR company flight following procedures were in effect. The accident flight originated at the Ketchikan Airport, Ketchikan, Alaska, about 14:00 Alaska daylight time.
As the pilot applied the brakes, the airplane veered to the left, and he was unable to keep the plane on the runway surface. The airplane continued off the left side of the runway, and the nose of the airplane struck a drainage ditch. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage.
During a post-accident inspection, maintenance personnel discovered a broken landing gear oleo attachment bracket on the left main landing gear strut assembly. The manufacturer had changed the design of the oleo attachment bracket which was made of aluminum alloy. The newly designed oleo attachment bracket is made of steel.
The FAA inspector said that during the last main landing gear overhaul, the operator elected to re-install the old style aluminum alloy oleo attachment brackets, primarily due to the cost of the new style steel oleo attachment brackets.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for AKW (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KLW / PAKW - Klawock, Alaska
- ^ http://www.flypacificairways.com/
- ^ http://www.promechair.com/
- ^ "Capstone Phase II Implementation and Impact Assessment, 2005" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arc/programs/capstone/media/Phase_II_Full_Report_2005.pdf.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for AKW, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PAKW
- ASN accident history for KLW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAKW
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAKW
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for AKW
Categories:- Airports in the Prince of Wales – Hyder Census Area, Alaska
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