Adak Airport

For the military use of the airport before 1997, see Naval Air Facility Adak.
Adak Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAlaska DOT&PF - Central Region
ServesAdak Island, Alaska
LocationAdak, Alaska
Elevation AMSL18 ft / 5 m
Coordinates51°52′41″N 176°38′46″W / 51.87806°N 176.64611°W / 51.87806; -176.64611
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ADK is located in Alaska
ADK
ADK
Location of airport in Alaska
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 7,790 2,374 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations340 (2013)
Based aircraft0
Passengers4,062
Freight1,024,000 lbs
Approaching short final to Runway 23 at Adak Airport
Adak/Longview AAF, September 1942

Adak Airport (IATA: ADK[2], ICAO: PADK[3], FAA LID: ADK) is a state-owned public-use airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] The airport is the farthest western airfield with scheduled passenger air service in the entire United States at 176.64W.

Adak's airport is one of the largest airports in the Aleutian Islands. Built by the U.S. Navy for Naval air transport, the airport consists of a 7,800-foot (2,400 m) runway and a 7,600-foot (2,300 m) runway (permanently closed fall 2015), equipped with an Instrument Landing System and glideslope which facilitate Instrument Flight Rules landings. Adak currently has scheduled jet service, every Wednesday and Saturday, provided by Alaska Airlines.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 1,989 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[4] 1,907 in 2009, and 2,097 in 2010.[5] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).[6]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for ADK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (ADK: Adak Island)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  3. ^ "Airport information for ADK (PADK)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved June 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  5. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.