Quinhagak Airport

Quinhagak Airport (IATA: KWN, ICAO: PAQH, FAA LID: AQH), is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district of Quinhagak[1] (also spelled Kwinhagak), a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Kwinhagak Airport.

Quinhagak Airport

Kwinhagak Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNative Village of Kwinhagak
ServesQuinhagak, Alaska
Elevation AMSL42 ft / 13 m
Coordinates59°45′18″N 161°50′43″W
Map
KWN
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 4,000 1,219 Gravel

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AQH by the FAA[1] and KWN by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAQH.[3]

Facilities

Quinhagak Airport covers an area of 123 acres (50 ha) at an elevation of 42 feet (13 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[1] The runway was expanded from its former size of 2,600 by 60 feet (792 m × 18 m).[4]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Grant Aviation Bethel[5]

Top destinations
Busiest domestic routes out of KWN
(July 2010 - June 2011)[6]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Bethel, AK 4,000 Yute, Grant, Hageland
2 Eek, AK 1,000 Grant, Hageland

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for AQH PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. "KWN / PAQH - Quinhagak, Alaska". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  3. "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  4. "Diagram of Quinhagak Airport". Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region. 2004-06-10. Archived from the original (GIF) on 2005-01-19.
  5. "Destinations". (retrieved December 20, 2020)
  6. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=KWN&Airport_Name=Quinhagak,%20AK:%20Kwinhagak&carrier=FACTS
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