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Tununak Airport

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
14 ft / 4 m

1,778
  
542

Code
  
TNK

Serves
  
Tununak, Alaska

8/26
  
1,778

Elevation
  
4 m

Phone
  
+1 907-269-0747

Tununak Airport

Owner
  
State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region

Address
  
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Tununak, AK, USA

Tununak Airport (IATA: TNK, FAA LID: 4KA) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Tununak, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 1,809 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 9.6% from the 2,001 enplanements in 2007. Tununak Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 4KA by the FAA and TNK by the IATA.

Facilities

Tununak Airport has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 1,778 by 30 feet (542 x 9 m). The airport is unattended.

Remarks:

  • Surface has dips, soft spots, rocks 4-8 inches length of runway.
  • 08/26 reflective markers on runway edge.
  • Activate MIRL runway 08/26 - CTAF.
  • Caution: runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to using.
  • Road 600' long used for landings and takeoff during strong crosswinds.
  • Pilots are requested to self-announce on CTAF prior to taxiing on runway for departure; leaving the runway and within 10 NM of the airport when approaching to land.
  • Windsock unreliable.
  • References

    Tununak Airport Wikipedia