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		10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates		62°40′48″N 164°39′36″W / 62.68°N 164.66°W / 62.68; -164.66
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18/36	2,200	671	Gravel/Dirt
Statistics
Enplanements (2007)			3,527
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1][2]

Alakanuk Airport (IATA: AUK^[3], ICAO: PAUK^[4], FAA LID: AUK) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Alakanuk, a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 3,527 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 0.2% from the 3,518 enplanements in 2006.^[2]

Facilities

Alakanuk Airport has one runway (18/36) with a gravel and dirt surface measuring: 2,200 x 55 ft. (671 x 17 m).^[1]

A new airport being built west of the city will replace the existing airport when completed.^[5][6]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

• Aero Flight (Emmonak, Kotlik, Nunam Iqua)
• Era Alaska
• Grant Aviation (Emmonak, Nunam Iqua)

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of AUK
(July 2010 - June 2011) ^[7]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Emmonak, AK	2,000	Grant
2	St. Mary’s, AK	1,000	Grant

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for AUK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-07-31.
2. ^ ^{a b} Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 2008-07-17.
3. ^ AUK - Alakanuk, Alaska. Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 9 October 2006.
4. ^ PAUK - Alakanuk Airport. AirNav.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
5. ^ Alakanuk Airport Relocation. Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. 2005-06-20.
6. ^ Annotated aerial photo of current and planned airports. WikiMapia. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
7. ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=AUK&Airport_Name=Alakanuk,%20AK:%20Alakanuk%20New&carrier=FACTS

External links

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