Gulkana Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF | ||||||||||
| Serves | Gulkana, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,586 ft / 483 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 62°09′18″N 145°27′16″W / 62.15500°N 145.45444°W | ||||||||||
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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,[1] in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also five miles (8 km) northeast of Glenallen. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 204 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 187 enplanements in 2009, and 141 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[4]
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for GKN PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 5, 2012.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.