Perryville Airport (IATA: KPV, ICAO: PAPE, FAA LID: PEV, formerly AK5) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Perryville, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).[3]

Perryville Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAlaska DOT&PF - Central Region
ServesPerryville, Alaska
Elevation AMSL29 ft / 9 m
Coordinates55°54′24″N 159°09′39″W / 55.90667°N 159.16083°W / 55.90667; -159.16083
Map
KPV is located in Alaska
KPV
KPV
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 3,300 1,006 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations410
Enplanements (2008)714

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 714 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 5% from the 683 enplanements in 2007.[2] Perryville Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.[4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PEV by the FAA and KPV by the IATA.[5]

Facilities and aircraft edit

Perryville Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) at an elevation of 29 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a gravel surface measuring 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m). The airport is unattended.[1]

The airport's former runway was designated 3/21 and measured 2,467 by 50 feet (752 m × 15 m).[6]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 410 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per month: 51% air taxi and 49% general aviation.[1]

Airlines and destinations edit

AirlinesDestinations
Grant Aviation Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, King Salmon, Port Heiden[7]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for PEV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 27 Aug 2009.
  2. ^ a b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Preliminary). Federal Aviation Administration. Published 15 July 2009.
  3. ^ 2009 Timetables Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
  4. ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
  5. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KPV - Perryville, Alaska. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
  6. ^ Diagram for Perryville (AK5) (GIF). Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region. 10 June 2004.
  7. ^ "Grant Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)

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