# Ouzinkie Airport (KOZ / PAAE)

**Ouzinkie Airport** (IATA: KOZ, ICAO: PAAE) is a small airport in Ouzinkie, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jan 1983. It has one runway, 3,300 ft (1,006 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 3 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/4k5

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KOZ / PAAE
- FAA: 4K5
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ouzinkie, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jan 1983
- Elevation: 100 ft / 30 m
- Coordinates: 57.9421, -152.4643
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,300 ft / 1,006 m
- Passengers: 2,778 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouzinkie_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4469768
- Weather station: PAAE
- Ident: 4K5

## Timeline

- Jan 1983: Ouzinkie Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 101° / 281° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 4,433 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 2,626 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 3,214 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 2,844 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,246 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 2,976 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 2,928 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 2,523 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,798 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 2,778 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [ADQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/padq.md) Kodiak Airport · United States · 13 mi / 21 km · Island Air Service
- [ORI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ori.md) Port Lions Airport · United States · 15 mi / 24 km · Island Air Service

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KOZ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- Island Air Service · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 3K (2025) | #3,075 of 3,974 | #819 in North America | #592 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | =13,435 of 29,858 | =5,554 in North America | =4,661 in US |
| Elevation | 100 ft / 30 m | =36,934 of 43,403 | =16,750 in North America | =14,011 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakd.md) Kodiak Municipal Airport · 10.0 mi / 16 km
- [ADQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/padq.md) Kodiak Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [ORI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ori.md) Port Lions Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [OLH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/olh.md) Old Harbor Airport · 58 mi / 94 km
- [KLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/palb.md) Larsen Bay Airport · 62 mi / 101 km
- [KYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paky.md) Karluk Airport · 78 mi / 125 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ouzinkie Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ouzinkie_Airport&oldid=1369677318), revision of 16 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/4k5/data