Gulkana Airport

Gulkana Airport (IATA: GKN, ICAO: PAGK, FAA LID: GKN) is a state owned, public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northeast of the central business district of Gulkana, in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also and five miles (8 km) northeast of Glenallen. Scheduled passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Gulkana Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF
ServesGulkana, Alaska
Elevation AMSL1,586 ft / 483 m
Coordinates62°09′18″N 145°27′16″W
Map
GKN
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations5,122
Based aircraft13

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 204 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 187 enplanements in 2009, and 141 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.

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