Ketchikan International Airport
Ketchikan International Airport (IATA: KTN, ICAO: PAKT, FAA LID: KTN) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Ketchikan, a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough in Alaska, that has no direct road access to the outside world or to the airport. The airport is located on Gravina Island, just west of Ketchikan on the other side of the Tongass Narrows. Passengers must take a seven-minute ferry ride across the water to get to the airport from the town.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF – Southeastern Region | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ketchikan, Alaska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 92 ft / 28 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°21′15″N 131°42′40″W | ||||||||||||||
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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 108,837 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 96,996 enplanements in 2009, and 100,138 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 103,136 enplanements in 2012.