PAKN
King Salmon Airport
VFR
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Name
King Salmon Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
PAKN / AKN / PAKN
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
1:24 pm (AKST)
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Municipality
King Salmon
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Coordinates
58° 40′ 40″ N 156° 39′ 7″ E
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Elevation
73 ft (22 m MSL)
About King Salmon Airport
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.