# Adak Airport (ADK / PADK)

**Adak Airport** (IATA: ADK, ICAO: PADK) is a medium airport in Adak, Alaska, United States. It opened on 4 Jan 1949. It has one runway, 7,790 ft (2,374 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ADK / PADK
- FAA: ADK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Adak, Alaska, United States
- Opened: 4 Jan 1949
- Elevation: 20 ft / 6 m
- Coordinates: 51.8836, -176.6428
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,790 ft / 2,374 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 5,063 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-10/-9 · America/Adak
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adak_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q651188
- Weather station: PADK · WMO 70454
- Ident: PADK

## Timeline

- 4 Jan 1949: Adak Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 7,790 ft / 2,374 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Asphalt | 061° / 241° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/01244AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 4,080 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 4,307 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 4,756 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 5,827 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 6,177 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 3,134 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 4,305 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 5,208 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 4,334 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 4,385 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 5,063 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [ANC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/panc.md) Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport · United States · 1,189 mi / 1,913 km · Alaska Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5K (2025) | #2,922 of 3,974 | #763 in North America | #550 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,790 ft / 2,374 m | #2,960 of 29,858 | #628 in North America | #468 in US |
| Elevation | 20 ft / 6 m | =41,528 of 43,403 | =18,726 in North America | =15,326 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

No open airport within 93 mi / 150 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: “Adak Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adak_Airport&oldid=1366707026), revision of 29 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/padk/data