# Alpena County Regional Airport (APN / KAPN)

**Alpena County Regional Airport** (IATA: APN, ICAO: KAPN) is a medium airport in Alpena, Michigan, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,001 ft (2,744 m). In 2025 it handled 25 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: APN / KAPN
- FAA: APN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Alpena, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 690 ft / 210 m
- Coordinates: 45.0781, -83.5603
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,001 ft / 2,744 m
- Instrument procedures: 9 approaches
- Passengers: 25,121 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Website: http://www.alpenaairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpena_County_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4734800
- Weather station: KAPN · WMO 72639
- Ident: KAPN

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Alpena County Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 9,001 ft / 2,744 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 360° / 180° | yes |
| 07/25 | 5,028 ft / 1,533 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Concrete | 060° / 240° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00718AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 19,576 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 16,976 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 21,215 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 22,281 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 24,581 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 12,691 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 23,703 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 27,657 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 18,391 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 21,812 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 25,121 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 198 mi / 319 km · Delta Connection

### Cargo (1)

- [FNT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfnt.md) Bishop International Airport · United States · 146 mi / 235 km · FedEx Express

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1

### Cargo (1)

- FX [FedEx Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fedex-express) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 25K (2025) | #2,358 of 3,974 | #552 in North America | #378 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,001 ft / 2,744 m | =1,795 of 29,858 | =381 in North America | =281 in US |
| Elevation | 690 ft / 210 m | #23,636 of 43,403 | #11,293 in North America | #9,356 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 128.425 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 120.675 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 121.350 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| PTD | PTD | 37.220 |
| RDO | LANSING RDO | 108.800 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.350 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [PLN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpln.md) Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport · 69 mi / 111 km
- [YZE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyze.md) Gore Bay Manitoulin Airport · 74 mi / 119 km
- [CIU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kciu.md) Chippewa County International Airport · 91 mi / 147 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: “Alpena County Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alpena_County_Regional_Airport&oldid=1364135911), revision of 14 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/kapn/data