Chignik Lake Airport is a state-owned, public-use
airport
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located at
Chignik Lake, in the
Lake and Peninsula Borough
Lake and Peninsula Borough (russian: Лейк-энд-Пенинсула, ''Leyk-end-Peninsula'') is a Borough (United States)#Alaska, borough in the U.S. state, state of Alaska. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population wa ...
of the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
.
This airport is included in the FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which
categorizes it as a ''
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
'' facility.
FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008. Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport
King Salmon Airport 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.
...
is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).[2009 Timetables](_blank)
. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 3 Sep 2009.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Facilities and aircraft
Chignik Lake Airport has one runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 2,800 by 60 feet (853 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2005, the airport had 720 aircraft operations, an average of 60 per month: 69% air taxi
An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand.
In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) ...
and 31% general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
. The airport is unattended.
See also
* Chignik Airport
* Chignik Bay Seaplane Base
* Chignik Fisheries Airport
Chignik Fisheries Airport was a public-use airport located northwest of Chignik, a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Facilities and aircraft
Chignik Fisheries Airport had one runway designated 4/22 with a gr ...
* Chignik Lagoon Airport
References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram
( GIF)
Airports in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska
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