# Akutan Airport (KQA / PAUT)

**Akutan Airport** (IATA: KQA, ICAO: PAUT) is a small airport in Akutan, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 2012. It has one runway, 4,500 ft (1,372 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KQA / PAUT
- FAA: 7AK
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Akutan, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 2012
- Elevation: 129 ft / 39 m
- Coordinates: 54.1446, -165.6043
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,500 ft / 1,372 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 1,907 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20100410064944/http://dot.alaska.gov/creg/akutan/assets/Akun_ALP_Sheet-Set-1-9.pdf
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akutan_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14679941
- Weather station: PAUT
- Ident: PAUT

## Timeline

- Jul 2012: Akutan Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 4,500 ft / 1,372 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 099° / 279° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 1,202 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 1,518 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 2,520 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 2,572 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 1,907 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [DUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/padu.md) Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport · United States · 42 mi / 67 km · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2025) | #3,173 of 3,974 | #846 in North America | #612 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,500 ft / 1,372 m | =8,114 of 29,858 | =3,043 in North America | =2,509 in US |
| Elevation | 129 ft / 39 m | #35,951 of 43,403 | #16,315 in North America | #13,678 in US |
| Age | Opened 2012 | =12,916 of 15,079 | =10,301 in North America | =10,165 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [WSF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pacs.md) Cape Sarichef Airport · 41 mi / 67 km
- [DUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/padu.md) Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport · 42 mi / 67 km
- [PAAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paam.md) Driftwood Bay Air Force Station Airport · 52 mi / 84 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: “Akutan Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akutan_Airport&oldid=1364135020), 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/paut/data