Ekwok Airport
{{Infobox airport
| name = Ekwok Airport
| image = Ekwok-Airport-FAA-photo.jpg
| image-width = 250
| caption = View from north, prior to extension of runway
| IATA = KEK
| ICAO =
| FAA = KEK
| type = Public
| owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
| operator =
| city-served = Ekwok, Alaska
| location =
| elevation-f = 135
| website =
| coordinates = {{coord|59|21|17|N|157|28|20|W|region:US-AK_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska
| pushpin_label = KEK
| pushpin_label_position = right
| r1-number = 2/20
| r1-length-f = 3,319
| r1-surface = Gravel
| stat-year = 2016
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (2013)
| stat1-data = 2,200
| stat2-header = Based Aircraft (2017)
| stat2-data = 0
| stat3-header = Passengers
| stat3-data = 640
| stat4-header = Freight
| stat4-data = 152,000 lbs
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=KEK|use=PU|own=PU|site=50182.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 27, 2017.
Source: Bureau of Transportation
}}
Ekwok Airport {{airport codes|KEK||KEK}} is a state-owned public-use airport serving Ekwok, a city in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service to Merrill Field in Anchorage, AK is provided by Dena'ina air.{{cite web | url = http://www.penair.com/documents/10.21.2011website.pdf | title = Timetable | format = PDF | publisher = PenAir | date = October 21, 2011 | access-date = June 17, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 283 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy08_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2008 | format = PDF, 1.0 MB
| work = CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 18, 2009
}}
182 enplanements in 2009, and 284 in 2010.
{{cite web
| url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/media/cy10_all_enplanements.pdf
| title = Enplanements for CY 2010 | format = PDF, 189 KB
| work = CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
| publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2011
}}
It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
{{cite web
|url=http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|title=2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A
|format=PDF, 2.03 MB
|work=National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
|publisher=Federal Aviation Administration
|date=October 4, 2010
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf
|archive-date=2012-09-27
}}
Facilities and aircraft
Ekwok Airport covers an area of 118 acres (48 ha) at an elevation of 135 feet (41 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a gravel surface measuring 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m). The runway rebuilt and lengthened in 2005 prior to which its length was {{convert|2720|ft|m|0}}.{{cite web | url = http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/KEK.gif | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050119152345/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/KEK.gif | archive-date = 2005-01-19 | url-status = dead | title = Airport diagram for Ekwok (KEK) | format = GIF | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = December 25, 2003 }}
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 2,200 aircraft operations, an average of 183 per month: 68% air taxi and 32% general aviation.
Airlines and destinations
{{Airport destination list
| Grant Aviation | Dillingham, Koliganek, Manokotak, New Stuyahok[http://www.flygrant.com Grant Schedule] Retrieved Sep 11, 2022.
}}
Dena'ina Air Taxi offers service from Ekwok to Anchorage or milk run flights through neighboring village flights to Anchorage.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Top domestic destinations: January – December 2016 {{cite web | url = https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=KEK&Airport_Name=Ekwok,%20AK:%20Ekwok%20Airport&carrier=FACTS | title = Ekwok, AK: Ekwok (KEK) | publisher = Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation | date = December 2016 | access-date = May 6, 2017 }} ! Rank ! City ! Airport ! Passengers |
| align=right | 1
| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Dillingham, AK | align=right | 280 |
| align=right | 2
|{{flagicon|Alaska}} New Stuyahok, AK | align=right | 20 |
| align=right |
| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Koliganek, AK | align=right | 20 |
See also
References
http://denainaair.com/site/4a89bc0130114a10bfb4d0b6abaa5bb2/default?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdenainaair.com%2FWhere_We_Fly.html#2958
External links
- [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=13&lat=59.3548&lon=-157.4721&w=600&h=600&lp=---+None+--- Topographic map] from USGS The National Map
{{US-airport-minor|KEK|KEK}}
Category:Airports in the Dillingham Census Area, Alaska
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