Kaltag Airport
Kaltag Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kaltag, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 181 ft / 55 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 64°19′08″N 158°44′29″W / 64.31889°N 158.74139°W | ||||||||||
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  KAL Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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Kaltag Airport (IATA: KAL, ICAO: PAKV, FAA LID: KAL)[2][3] is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Kaltag,[1] a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Facilities
Kaltag Airport covers an area of 292 acres (118 ha) which contains one runway (3/21) with a gravel surface measuring 3,986 x 100 ft (1,215 x 30 m).[1]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Everts Air | Fairbanks[4] |
| Wright Air Service | Fairbanks, Galena, Nulato, Ruby[5] |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Top destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 |  Galena, AK | 1,000 | Frontier Flying |
| 2 | Fairbanks, AK | 1,000 | Arctic Circle, Hageland |
See also
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for KAL PDF, effective 5 July 2007.
- ^ "KAL - Kaltag, AK, US - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". gc.kls2.com.
- ^ Kraus, Theresa L. (2021). "Building Alaska's Aviation Infrastructure, 1926-1958". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 113 (1): 3–17. ISSN 0030-8803.
- ^ "Passenger Schedules". Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Timetable" (PDF). Wright Air Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 15, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
- ^ "Stats" (PDF). www.transtats.bts.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for KAL, effective August 7, 2025
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for KAL
- AirNav airport information for PAKV
- ASN accident history for KAL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAKV
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KAL
