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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letterlocation identifier for the FAA andIATA, this airport is assignedAKA by the FAA[1] andAKB by the IATA.[5] The airport'sICAO identifier isPAAK.[6]
Atka Airport covers an area of 226acres (91ha) at anelevation of 57 feet (17 m) abovemean sea level. It has onerunway designated 16/34 with anasphalt surface measuring 4,500 by 100 feet (1,372 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2009, the airport had 550 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per month: 54.5%air taxi and 45.5%scheduled commercial.[1]
Order 2004-6-20: re-selecting Peninsula Airways to provide essential air service at Atka and Nikolski, Alaska, at annual subsidy rates of $336,303 and $173,603 per year, respectively, for the period ending June 30, 2006.
Order 2006-5-21: re-selecting Alaska Airlines to provide essential air service at Adak, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,393,384, and Peninsula Airways for $449,605 at Atka and $314,694 at Nikolski. The three rates extend through June 30, 2008.
Order 2008-3-36: re-selecting Alaska Airlines to provide essential air service at Adak, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,483,122, and Peninsula Airways for $513,803 at Atka and $469,786 at Nikolski. The three rates extend through June 30, 2010.
Order 2010-7-9: re-selecting Alaska Airlines to provide essential air service (EAS) at Adak, Alaska, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,675,703, and Peninsula Airways, Inc., for $290,780 at Atka and $639,008 at Nikolski. The three rates extend through June 30, 2012.
Order 2012-5-20 (May 23, 2012): selecting Grant Aviation, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Atka, Alaska, for $842,574 the first year and $822,445 the second year, and at Nikolski, Alaska, for $331,431 the first year and $324,998 the second year.
