VAK

Chevak Airport

ICAO PAVA61.5409°N 165.6005°W61 ft / 19 mSmall airport
On the map
Diagram of Chevak Airport in Chevak, Alaska
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domain · Commons

Chevak Airport (IATA: VAK, ICAO: PAVA) is a small airport in Chevak, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1973. It has one runway, 3,220 ft (982 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1973–1973
AUG 1973
OpenedChevak Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
02/20033° / 213° · LIT
LENGTH3,220 ft982 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
19K
18K
15K
17K
16K
6K
10K
12K
12K
15K
15K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsRyan Air Services 3Grant Aviation 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VAK. From the Wikipedia article “Chevak Airport” (revision of 16 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers15K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,543of 3,974 · #606 North America · #418 USLongest runway3,220 ft982 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=14,732of 29,823 · =5,802 North America · =4,867 USElevation61 ft19 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,618of 43,341 · =17,543 North America · =14,538 USAgeOpened 19732026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,834of 15,079 · =4,976 North America · =4,884 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 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