KTN

Ketchikan International Airport

ICAO PAKT55.3556°N 131.7140°W92 ft / 28 mMedium airport
On the map

Ketchikan International Airport (IATA: KTN, ICAO: PAKT) is a medium airport in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. It opened in Apr 1973. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,500 ft (2,896 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 461 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1973–1976
APR 1973
OpenedKetchikan International Airport opens.
05 APR 1976
DisasterAlaska Airlines Flight 60.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
WNW/ESE
LENGTH9,500 ft2,896 mWIDTH1,500 ft457 mSURFACEWater
11/29136° / 316° · LIT
LENGTH7,500 ft2,286 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
436K
432K
452K
458K
426K
192K
386K
453K
457K
472K
461K
1516171819202122232425

Routes

5 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAlaska Airlines 4Island Air Express 1

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers461K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,145of 3,974 · #266 North America · #181 USLongest runway9,500 ft2,896 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,517of 29,823 · =321 North America · =238 USElevation92 ft28 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,148of 43,341 · =16,868 North America · =14,077 USAgeOpened 19732026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,834of 15,079 · =4,976 North America · =4,884 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 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

5 channels
ATISATIS119.900
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR118.500
CTAFCTAF123.600
FSSRDO123.600
UNICUNICOM122.950