4K5
Ouzinkie Airport
VFR
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Name
Ouzinkie Airport
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ICAO / IATA
4K5 / KOZ
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
6:41 am (AKST)
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Municipality
Ouzinkie
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Coordinates
57° 56′ 31″ N 152° 27′ 51″ W
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Elevation
99 ft (30 m MSL)
About Ouzinkie Airport
Ouzinkie Airport (IATA: KOZ, FAA LID: 4K5) is a state-owned public-use airport serving Ouzinkie, a city on Spruce Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
The airport received national media attention in 2009 after being slotted to receive $15 million in federal stimulus money to construct a new airstrip. The new airport opened in 2010.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, Ouzinkie Airport had 2,071 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 2,999 enplanements in 2009, and 2,784 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility based on enplanements in 2008 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 per year).