Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Kodiak, Alaska | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hub for | Servant Air | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 80 ft / 24 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°44′59″N152°29′38″W / 57.74972°N 152.49389°W /57.74972; -152.49389 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport (IATA:ADQ,ICAO:PADQ,FAALID:ADQ) is a public and military useairport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southwest of thecentral business district ofKodiak,[1] a city onKodiak Island in theU.S. state ofAlaska. The airport is state-owned and operated by theAlaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF).[1] It is home to the co-locatedCoast Guard Air Station Kodiak and a hub forServant Air. On April 11, 2013, the Alaska State Legislature passed SB31,[2] which renamed the facility "KodiakBenny Benson State Airport," in honor of the designer of theAlaskan flag.
This airport is included in theNational Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, whichcategorized it as aprimary commercial service airport.[3] As perFederal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 82,057 passenger boardings (enplanements) incalendar year 2008,[4] 78,375 enplanements in 2009, and 80,303 in 2010.[5]
The airport is on the site of the formerNaval Air Station Kodiak which was commissioned in 1941. NAS Kodiak was closed and placed in caretaker status in 1950, with the exception of runways and other facilities used by or conveyed to theU.S. Coast Guard.[6]
In 1947, a Coast Guard Air Detachment was commissioned at NAS Kodiak, which was formally namedCoast Guard Air Station Kodiak in 1964. In 1971, theU.S. Navy turned all airport runways and all remaining areas in caretaker status to the north over to the State of Alaska. CGAS Kodiak remains in operation at this location with fourHC-130 Hercules, fiveHH-60J Jayhawk and fiveHH-65C Dolphin aircraft.[7][8][9]
Kodiak Airport has threeasphalt-pavedrunways: 7/25 measures 7,533 by 150 feet (2,296 x 46 m), 11/29 is 5,400 by 150 feet (1,646 x 46 m), and 18/36 is 5,010 by 150 feet (1,527 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 4, 2009, the airport had 40,949 aircraft operations, an average of 112 per day: 51%air taxi, 39%military, 6%scheduled commercial, and 4%general aviation. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 45.5% single-engine, 14.5% multi-engine, 14.5%helicopter, and 25.5%military.[1]
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alaska Airlines | Anchorage |
| Island Air Service[10] | Akhiok,Karluk,Larsen Bay,Old Harbor,Ouzinkie,Port Lions |
According to various editions of the North AmericanOfficial Airline Guide (OAG) in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Kodiak was previously served by several airlines that operated jet service into the airport. These air carriers includedWestern Airlines withBoeing 720B jetliner flights nonstop to Seattle as well asAlaska Airlines,MarkAir andWien Air Alaska with all three carriers operatingBoeing 737-200s nonstop to Anchorage (ANC) and AirPac flyingBritish AerospaceBAe 146-100 jetliner service nonstop to ANC as well. Wien also operatedBoeing 727-200 jets into the airport with direct, no change of plane 727 service from Reno (RNO), Portland, OR (PDX) and Seattle (SEA) in addition to nonstop 727 service from Anchorage (ANC).[11] In addition, MarkAir served Kodiak withBoeing 737-400 jetliners and in 1994 was flying direct, no change of plane service with this aircraft type to Kodiak from the New York City area, Chicago, Denver and Seattle.[12] MarkAir flight 401 departed New YorkNewark Airport (EWR) daily at 6:00 am, made intermediate stops at ChicagoMidway Airport (MDW), Denver (DEN), Seattle (SEA) and Anchorage (ANC), and then arrived in Kodiak at 3:55 pm.
Kodiak also had nonstop service to Seattle in earlier years. From the late 1950s to the mid-1960s,Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA, the successor ofWoodley Airways) operatedLockheed Constellation propliners nonstop to Seattle and also direct to Anchorage as well as via intermediate stops at Homer and Kenai.[13] Pacific Northern was then acquired by and merged intoWestern Airlines which continued to operate nonstop service between Kodiak and Seattle, first with the former Pacific Northern Constellation aircraft during the late 1960s (with Western also flying the Constellation direct to Anchorage at this time via a stop in Homer or stops in Homer and Kenai) and then withBoeing 720B jetliners during the early 1970s.[14][15] Western subsequently ceased all service into Kodiak. By the late 1970s,Wien Air Alaska was flying nonstopBoeing 737-200 jet service to Seattle.[16] In 1994, Alaska Airlines was operating daily one-stop service to Kodiak from Seattle via Anchorage with aBoeing 737-400 jetliner with this flight also providing direct, no change of plane service from Phoenix (PHX) and Portland, OR (PDX).[12] Alaska Airlines is currently the only air carrier operating jet service into the airport withBoeing 737-790,737-890, and737 MAX 8 aircraft. In summer 2022 and later, summer 2023,Horizon AirEmbraer E175 service was planned, but was canceled before it started both times.
| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Era Aviation | 67,000(42.98%) |
| Alaska | 67,340(43.19%) |
| Horizon | 11,060(7.09%) |
| Island Air Service | 10,500(6.74%) |
| Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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| 1 | Anchorage, AK | Ted Stevens International (ANC) | 72,270 |
| 2 | Larsen Bay, AK | Larsen Bay (KLN) | 2,040 |
| 3 | Old Harbor, AK | Old Harbor (OLH) | 950 |
| 4 | Port Lions, AK | Port Lions (ORI) | 650 |
| 4 | Ouzinkie, AK | Ouzinkie (KOZ) | 650 |
| 6 | Kenai, AK | Kenai Municipal (ENA) | 260 |
| 7 | Karluk, AK | Karluk (KYK) | 250 |
| 8 | Akhiok, AK | Akhiok (AKK) | 200 |
| 9 | Homer, AK | Homer (HOM) | 110 |
Charters are generally available to theKodiak archipelago andKatmai coast.
