- Chicken Airport
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Chicken Airport IATA: CKX – ICAO: none – FAA LID: CKX Summary Airport type Public Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region Serves Chicken, Alaska Elevation AMSL 1,640 ft / 500 m Coordinates 64°04′17″N 141°57′08″W / 64.07139°N 141.95222°WCoordinates: 64°04′17″N 141°57′08″W / 64.07139°N 141.95222°W Map Location of airport in Alaska
CKXRunways Direction Length Surface ft m 13/31 2,500 762 Gravel Statistics (2005) Aircraft operations 475 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Chicken Airport (IATA: CKX, FAA LID: CKX) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Chicken,[1] in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 7 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010, a decrease of 63% from the 19 enplanements in 2009.[2] It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]
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Facilities and aircraft
Chicken Airport covers an area of 68 acres (28 ha) at an elevation of 1,640 feet (500 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with a gravel surface measuring 2,500 by 60 feet (762 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 475 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per month: 74% general aviation and 26% air taxi.[1]
Airline and scheduled destination
- 40-Mile Air (Tok)[4]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for CKX (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.
- ^ "Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2010 (final)". Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2011. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/index.cfm?year=2010.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)". 2011–2015 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. 4 October 2010. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf.
- ^ "2011 Schedule and Prices". 40-Mile Air. http://www.fortymileair.com/scheduled_destinations.htm. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- Topographic map as of 1 July 1956 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for CKX
- ASN accident history for CKX
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for CKX
Categories:- Airports in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska
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