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Gulkana Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,586 ft / 483 m

5,001
  
1,524

Address
  
Glennallen, AK 99588, USA

Elevation
  
482 m

Serves
  
Gulkana, Alaska

15/33
  
5,001

1,524
  
Asphalt

Code
  
GKN

Phone
  
+1 907-822-3222

Gulkana Airport

Owner
  
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities

Similar
  
Glennallen Court, Public Safety Departme, US Interior Departme, Copper Valley Air Services, Copper Valley Develop

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Gulkana Airport (IATA: GKN, ICAO: PAGK, FAA LID: GKN) is a state owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Gulkana, in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also and five miles (8 km) northeast of Glenallen. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 204 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 187 enplanements in 2009, and 141 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.

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Facilities and aircraft

Gulkana Airport covers an area of 1,678 acres (679 ha) at an elevation of 1,586 feet (483 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 5,122 aircraft operations, an average of 14 per day: 67% general aviation, 19% scheduled commercial, 11% air taxi, and 3% military. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine and 15% multi-engine.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

References

Gulkana Airport Wikipedia