# Tatitlek Airport (TEK / PAKA)

**Tatitlek Airport** (IATA: TEK, ICAO: PAKA) is a small airport in Tatitlek, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1974. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,000 ft (2,438 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/7ka

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TEK / PAKA
- FAA: 7KA
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Tatitlek, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Aug 1974
- Elevation: 62 ft / 19 m
- Coordinates: 60.8714, -146.6903
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,000 ft / 2,438 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Passengers: 1,071 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatitlek_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4452585
- Weather station: PAVW
- Ident: 7KA

## Timeline

- Aug 1974: Tatitlek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13W/31W | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | Water |  |  |
| 13/31 | 3,701 ft / 1,128 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 151° / 331° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 295 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 660 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 427 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 195 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 447 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 781 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 849 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 1,058 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 1,137 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 1,267 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,071 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [MRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamr.md) Merrill Field · United States · 108 mi / 174 km · Alaska Air Transit

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Alaska Air Transit · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2025) | #3,293 of 3,974 | #877 in North America | #636 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,000 ft / 2,438 m | =2,750 of 29,858 | =583 in North America | =438 in US |
| Elevation | 62 ft / 19 m | =38,593 of 43,403 | =17,519 in North America | =14,526 in US |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =5,099 in North America | =5,006 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [VDZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pavd.md) Valdez Pioneer Field · 23 mi / 38 km
- [2AK5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2ak5.md) Johnstone Point Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [BSW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak97.md) Boswell Bay Airport · 36 mi / 58 km
- [AK30](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak30.md) Strawberry Point Airport · 39 mi / 62 km
- [K55](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k55.md) Thompson Pass Airport · 40 mi / 64 km
- [CKU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cku.md) Cordova Municipal Airport · 40 mi / 64 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #13

## 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: “Tatitlek Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tatitlek_Airport&oldid=1363082194), revision of 7 Jul 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/7ka/data