# Ketchikan International Airport (KTN / PAKT)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KTN / PAKT
- FAA: KTN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Apr 1973
- Elevation: 92 ft / 28 m
- Coordinates: 55.3556, -131.7140
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 9,500 ft / 2,896 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 460,953 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Website: http://www.borough.ketchikan.ak.us/130/Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchikan_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2076613
- Weather station: PAKT · WMO 70395
- Ident: PAKT

## Timeline

- Apr 1973: Ketchikan International Airport opens.
- 5 Apr 1976: Alaska Airlines Flight 60.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WNW/ESE | 9,500 ft / 2,896 m | 1,500 ft / 457 m | Water |  |  |
| 11/29 | 7,500 ft / 2,286 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06053AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 435,626 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 432,474 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 452,241 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 457,502 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 426,106 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 191,567 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 385,573 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 453,330 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 456,602 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 472,150 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 460,953 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · United States · 55 mi / 89 km · Island Air Express
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · United States · 82 mi / 132 km · Alaska Airlines
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · United States · 183 mi / 294 km · Alaska Airlines
- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · United States · 234 mi / 376 km · Alaska Airlines
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 679 mi / 1,093 km · Alaska Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 4
- Island Air Express · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 461K (2025) | #1,145 of 3,974 | #266 in North America | #181 in US |
| Longest runway | 9,500 ft / 2,896 m | =1,518 of 29,858 | =321 in North America | =238 in US |
| Elevation | 92 ft / 28 m | =37,203 of 43,403 | =16,876 in North America | =14,084 in US |
| Age | Opened 1973 | =6,831 of 15,079 | =4,972 in North America | =4,880 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 119.900 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 118.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 123.600 |
| FSS | RDO | 123.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ANN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pant.md) Annette Island Airport · 23 mi / 36 km
- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · 56 mi / 89 km
- [ZST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czst.md) Stewart Airport · 79 mi / 126 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 82 mi / 132 km
- [YPR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cypr.md) Prince Rupert Airport · 90 mi / 144 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #1

## 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: “Ketchikan International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ketchikan_International_Airport&oldid=1366692694), 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/pakt/data