Chicken Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAlaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
ServesChicken, Alaska
Elevation AMSL1,640 ft / 500 m
Coordinates64°04′17″N 141°57′08″W / 64.07139°N 141.95222°W / 64.07139; -141.95222
Map
CKX is located in Alaska
CKX
CKX
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 2,500 762 Gravel/dirt
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft operations475 (2014)
Based aircraft0
Passengers31
Freight17,000 lbs

Chicken Airport (IATA: CKX, FAA LID: CKX) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Chicken,[1] a community in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2] Both Boundary and Eagle destinations are flag stops on the Tok-Chicken route. The aircraft will not stop at these destinations unless there is scheduled cargo or passengers flying in or out of those destinations.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Chicken Airport covers an area of 68 acres (28 ha) at an elevation of 1,640 feet (500 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with a gravel surface measuring 2,500 by 60 feet (762 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 475 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per month: 74% general aviation and 26% air taxi.[1]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
40-Mile Air Tok[3]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015[4]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
40-Mile Air
31(100.00%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015[4]
Rank City Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Alaska Tok, AK Tok Junction Airport 14 40-Mile Air

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Form 5010 for CKX PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). faa.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27.
  3. 1 2 "40-Mile Air Scheduled Destinations". 40-Mile Air. Retrieved Sep 11, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Chicken, AK: Chicken (CKX)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2017.


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