- Source: Ekwok Airport
Ekwok Airport (IATA: KEK, FAA LID: 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.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 283 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 182 enplanements in 2009, and 284 in 2010. 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).
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 2,720 feet (829 m).
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
Dena'ina Air Taxi offers service from Ekwok to Anchorage or milk run flights through neighboring village flights to Anchorage.
See also
List of airports in Alaska
References
http://denainaair.com/site/4a89bc0130114a10bfb4d0b6abaa5bb2/default?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdenainaair.com%2FWhere_We_Fly.html#2958
External links
Topographic map from USGS The National Map
Resources for this airport:
FAA airport information for KEK
AirNav airport information for KEK
ASN accident history for KEK
FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
SkyVector aeronautical chart for KEK
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- Bandar Udara Dillingham
- Ekwok Airport
- Kek
- List of airports by IATA airport code: K
- List of airports in Alaska
- Dillingham Airport
- Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
- Nushagak River
- Fairbanks International Airport
- Ketchikan International Airport