# Chignik Lake Airport (KCQ / A79)

**Chignik Lake Airport** (IATA: KCQ, FAA: A79) is a small airport in Chignik Lake, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1974. It has one runway, 2,800 ft (853 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 1 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/a79

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KCQ / —
- FAA: A79
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chignik Lake, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Sep 1974
- Elevation: 50 ft / 15 m
- Coordinates: 56.2550, -158.7750
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,800 ft / 853 m
- Passengers: 1,076 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chignik_Lake_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708512
- Weather station: PAJC
- Ident: A79

## Timeline

- Sep 1974: Chignik Lake Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,800 ft / 853 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 101° / 281° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 1,070 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 1,596 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 736 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 442 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 797 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 231 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 434 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 551 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 790 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 855 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,076 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (6)

- [KCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcl.md) Chignik Lagoon Airport · United States · 9.9 mi / 16 km · Grant Aviation
- [KCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajc.md) Chignik Airport · United States · 16 mi / 26 km · Grant Aviation
- [KPV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pape.md) Perryville Airport · United States · 29 mi / 46 km · Grant Aviation
- [PTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paph.md) Port Heiden Airport · United States · 49 mi / 79 km · Grant Aviation
- [UGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugb.md) Ugashik Bay Airport · United States · 89 mi / 144 km · Grant Aviation
- [AKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakn.md) King Salmon Airport · United States · 185 mi / 298 km · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 6

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1K (2025) | #3,290 of 3,974 | #875 in North America | #634 in US |
| Longest runway | 2,800 ft / 853 m | =17,690 of 29,858 | =7,482 in North America | =6,328 in US |
| Elevation | 50 ft / 15 m | =39,196 of 43,403 | =17,762 in North America | =14,683 in US |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =5,099 in North America | =5,006 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcl.md) Chignik Lagoon Airport · 10.0 mi / 16 km
- [KCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajc.md) Chignik Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [KPV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pape.md) Perryville Airport · 28 mi / 46 km
- [US-6263](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6263.md) Scottys Island Airstrip · 33 mi / 53 km
- [US-2902](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2902.md) Ivanof Bay Airport · 37 mi / 59 km
- [PTH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paph.md) Port Heiden Airport · 49 mi / 79 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: “Chignik Lake Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chignik_Lake_Airport&oldid=1364479324), revision of 16 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/a79/data