AKN

King Salmon Airport

ICAO PAKN58.6778°N 156.6520°W73 ft / 22 mMedium airport
On the map
AKN-Aerial Map
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region · Public domain · Commons

King Salmon Airport (IATA: AKN, ICAO: PAKN) is a medium airport in King Salmon, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1954. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,900 ft (2,713 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 76 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954
AUG 1954
OpenedKing Salmon Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
King Salmon Airport
12/30132° / 312° · LIT
LENGTH8,900 ft2,713 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
18/36196° / 016° · LIT
LENGTH4,017 ft1,224 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
NW/SE
LENGTH4,000 ft1,219 mWIDTH500 ft152 mSURFACEWater

Passengers per year

2015–2025
92K
95K
86K
97K
100K
46K
71K
78K
80K
80K
76K
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Routes

14 destinations · 1 country
Year-round14
WSNSouth Naknek Number 2 AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation21 km13 miKLLLevelock AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation51 km32 miEGXEgegik AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation69 km43 miIGGIgiugig AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation84 km52 miCLPClarks Point AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation110 km68 miDLGDillingham AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation114 km71 miPIPPilot Point AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation133 km83 miUGBUgashik Bay AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation154 km96 miPTHPort Heiden AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation224 km139 miKCGChignik AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation282 km175 miKCLChignik Lagoon AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation286 km178 miKCQChignik Lake AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation298 km185 miKPVPerryville AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation343 km213 miANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Katmai Air463 km288 mi
Most destinationsGrant Aviation 13Katmai Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AKN. From the Wikipedia article “King Salmon Airport” (revision of 29 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers76K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,916of 3,974 · #429 North America · #290 USLongest runway8,900 ft2,713 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,873of 29,823 · =408 North America · =304 USElevation73 ft22 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,990of 43,341 · =17,239 North America · =14,340 USAgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =2,782 North America · =2,717 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
A/GHARMONY140.100
ATISATIS128.800
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR124.800
CTAFCTAF121.900
FSSRDO122.200
GNDGND121.900
OPSOPS37.220
PTDPTD37.220
TWRTWR118.300