# Chicken Airport (CKX / PAAY)

**Chicken Airport** (IATA: CKX, ICAO: PAAY) is a small airport in Chicken, Alaska, United States. It opened in Nov 1949. It has one runway, 2,500 ft (762 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 32 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CKX / PAAY
- FAA: CKX
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Chicken, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Nov 1949
- Elevation: 1,640 ft / 500 m
- Coordinates: 64.0665, -141.9513
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,500 ft / 762 m
- Passengers: 32 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1708392
- Ident: CKX

## Timeline

- Nov 1949: Chicken Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,500 ft / 762 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 157° / 337° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 51 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 41 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 103 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 56 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 58 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 78 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 71 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 26 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 32 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [TKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfto.md) Tok Junction Airport · United States · 60 mi / 96 km · 40-Mile Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 40-Mile Air · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 32 (2025) | =3,770 of 3,974 | #983 in North America | #729 in US |
| Longest runway | 2,500 ft / 762 m | =20,464 of 29,858 | =9,064 in North America | =7,805 in US |
| Elevation | 1,640 ft / 500 m | =10,953 of 43,403 | =4,790 in North America | =3,625 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [BYA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bya.md) Boundary Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [EAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paeg.md) Eagle Airport · 55 mi / 88 km
- [TKJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfto.md) Tok Junction Airport · 59 mi / 96 km
- [8AK9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ak9.md) Tok 2 Airport · 62 mi / 99 km
- [TSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tsg.md) Tanacross Airport · 64 mi / 103 km
- [TEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3t4.md) Tetlin Airport · 67 mi / 108 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))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Chicken Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chicken_Airport&oldid=1364479254), 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/ckx/data