Chignik Lake Airport

Airport

KCQ

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	2,800	853	Gravel

Statistics (2015)

Aircraft operations	720 (2013)
Based aircraft	0
Passengers	452
Freight	98,000 lbs

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Chignik Lake Airport (IATA: KCQ, FAA LID: A79) is a state-owned, public-use airport located at Chignik Lake, in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.^[2] Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Peninsula Airways (PenAir).^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Chignik, Chignik Lagoon, King Salmon, Perryville, Port Heiden, Ugashik Bay^[4]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015^[5]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Grant	452(100.00%)

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015^[5]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	King Salmon, AK	King Salmon Airport	100
2	Perryville, AK	Perryville Airport	50
3	Chignik Lagoon, AK	Chignik Lagoon Airport	30
4	Port Heiden, AK	Port Heiden Airport	20

Facilities and aircraft

Chignik Lake Airport has one runway 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 and 31% general aviation. The airport is unattended.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for A79 PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
^ 2009 Timetables Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 3 Sep 2009.
^ "Grant Aviation Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
^ ^a ^b "Akiak, AK: Akiak (AKI)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for A79
- AirNav airport information for A79
- ASN accident history for KCQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for A79