Allakaket Airport (IATA: AET[3], ICAO: PFAL[4], FAA LID: 6A8), is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north-northwest of the central business district of Allakaket, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The airport is sometimes referred to as the New Allakaket Airport because it was constructed on a site southeast of the original airport which is now closed.[5]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Allakaket, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 441 ft / 134 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 66°33′07″N 152°37′20″W / 66.55194°N 152.62222°W | ||||||||||
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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 2,505 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 27% from the 1,969 enplanements in 2006.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
editAllakaket Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 2,270 aircraft operations, an average of 189 per month: 53% air taxi, 46% general aviation and 1% military.[1]
Airlines and destinations
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The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Wright Air Service | Bettles, Fairbanks, Hughes[6] |
Statistics
editCarrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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Wright Air |
Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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1 | Fairbanks, AK | Fairbanks International Airport (FAI) | 1,620 |
2 | Hughes, AK | Hughes Airport (HUS) | 30 |
3 | Bettles, AK | Bettles Airport (BTT) | 10 |
4 | Huslia, AK | Huslia Airport (HSL) | 10 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 6A8 PDF, effective 2008-07-31.
- ^ a b Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 2017-01-10.
- ^ AET: Allakaket Airport, Alaska. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ PFAL: Allakaket Airport, Alaska. AirNav.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ Annotated aerial photo showing new airport southeast of old airport. WikiMapia. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ "Schedule". Wright Air Service. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
- ^ a b "Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
External links
edit- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for 6A8, effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 6A8
- AirNav airport information for 6A8
- ASN accident history for AET
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 6A8