Chignik Lake Airport

Chignik Lake Airport
Chignik Lake Airport
	IATA: KCQ; ICAO: none; FAA LID: A79;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves	Chignik Lake, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	50 ft / 15 m
Coordinates	56°15′18″N 158°46′31″W / 56.25500°N 158.77528°W
Map
	KCQ Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	720 (2013)
Based aircraft	0
Passengers	452
Freight	98,000 lbs
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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]