King Salmon Airport
King Salmon Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | King Salmon, Alaska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 73 ft / 22 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°40′35″N 156°38′55″W / 58.67639°N 156.64861°W | ||||||||||||||
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| Statistics (12 months ending May 2022 except where noted) | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration, BTS | |||||||||||||||
King Salmon Airport (IATA: AKN, ICAO: PAKN, FAA LID: AKN) is a state-owned public-use airport located just southeast of King Salmon, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was formerly the Naknek Air Force Base, named for its location near the Naknek River.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 42,310 passenger boardings ( enplanements ) in calendar year 2008, 40,637 enplanements in 2009, and 41,514 in 2010. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.