AKNPAKN

King Salmon Airport

King Salmon, United States · North America

North America America/Anchorage

15direct destinations

3airlines

3runways

2,713 mLongest runway

King Salmon Airport (IATA: AKN, ICAO: PAKN, FAA LID: AKN) is a state-owned public-use airport located just southeast of King Salmon, in the Bristol Bay Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was formerly the Naknek Air Force Base, named for its location near the Naknek River. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 42,310 passenger boardings ( enplanements ) in calendar year 2008, 40,637 enplanements in 2009, and 41,514 in 2010. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.

Location

58.678°N, 156.652°O · 22 m s. n. m. (73 ft)

General data

CountryUnited States

CityKing Salmon

IATA codeAKN

ICAO codePAKN

Coordinates58.678°N, 156.652°O

Elevation22 m s. n. m. (73 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Anchorage

Runways3

Longest runway2,713 m

OperatorDepartamento de Transportación y Servicios Públicos de Alaska

Direct destinations15

Runways · 3

12/30

Length2,713 m8,901 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

18/36

Length1,224 m4,016 ft

Width30 m98 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

NW/SE

Length1,219 m3,999 ft

Width152 m499 ft

SurfaceWater

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 5 Official publication

Tower

118.300

Ground

121.900GND · CTAF

ATIS (automatic information)

128.800ATIS · MET

Approach

124.800ARTCC

UNICOM

122.950

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Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.

Airlines operating here · 3

Airlines using it as a main base (hub)

Grant Aviation

Other airlines with direct routes

Alaska Airlines Aleutian Airways

Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).

Photo: Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region · Public domain · view original

Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). King Salmon Airport (AKN). Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AKN

MLA

“King Salmon Airport (AKN).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AKN. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_akn,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{King Salmon Airport (AKN)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-16},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AKN},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/AKN}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-22},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-22}
}

Wikipedia

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