Chignik Lagoon Airport

Airport

KCL

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	2,200	671	Gravel/dirt

Statistics (2015)

Aircraft operations	1,800 (2014)
Based aircraft	0
Passengers	252
Freight	113,000 lbs

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]^[2]

Chignik Lagoon Airport (IATA: KCL, FAA LID: KCL) is a state-owned, public-use airport serving Chignik Lagoon,^[1] in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Chignik Flats Airport.^[3] Scheduled airline service to King Salmon Airport is provided by Grant Aviation.^[4]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 566 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, an increase of 5% from the 538 enplanements in 2007.^[2] Chignik Lagoon Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Chignik, Chignik Lake, King Salmon, Perryville, Port Heiden^[6]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015^[7]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Grant	252(100.00%)

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015^[7]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	King Salmon, AK	King Salmon Airport	60
2	Chignik, AK	Chignik Airport	30
3	Perryville, AK	Perryville Airport	10
	Port Heiden, AK	Port Heiden Airport	10

Facilities and aircraft

Chignik Lagoon Airport has one runway designated 4/22 with a gravel surface measuring 1,810 by 60 feet (552 x 18 m).^[1] Previously, the runway was 1,600 feet (488 m) long and designated 3/21.^[3] For the 12-month period ending December 21, 2007, the airport had 1,800 aircraft operations, an average of 150 per month: 61% air taxi and 39% general aviation.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for KCL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
^ ^a ^b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Preliminary). Federal Aviation Administration. Published 15 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b Airport diagram for Chignik Flats (KCL), Chignik Lake, Alaska (GIF). FAA, Alaska Region. 25 Dec 2003.
^ 2009 Timetables Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Peninsula Airways. Retrieved 6 Sep 2009.
^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
^ "Grant Aviation Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
^ ^a ^b "Chignik Lagoon, AK: Chignik Lagoon (KCL)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

External links

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for KCL
- AirNav airport information for KCL
- ASN accident history for KCL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCL