Ketchikan International Airport

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Ketchikan International Airport
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Characteristics
ICAO code PACT
IATA code KTN
Coordinates

55 ° 21 '15 "  N , 131 ° 42' 40"  W Coordinates: 55 ° 21 '15 "  N , 131 ° 42' 40"  W.
Height above MSL 27 m (89  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 2 km west of Ketchikan , on Gravina Island
Basic data
operator State of Alaska
surface 1052 ha
Passengers 100,138
Flight
movements 		15,959
Runways
11/29 2286 m × 46 m asphalt
WNW / ESE 2896 m × 457 m of water



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The Ketchikan International Airport ( IATA code: KTN ; ICAO: PACT ) is a state airport, which located two kilometers west of Ketchikan in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is on Gravina Iceland. Air passengers must take a seven-minute ferry ride to the airport.

The American aviation authority recorded the following passenger numbers :

year Passengers
2008 108,837
2009 96.996
2010 100,138

history

During the Second World War , an old military airfield was used on Annette Island . Today's airport opened on August 4, 1973.

Infrastructure and planes

Ketchikan International Airport covers an area of ​​1,052 hectares and is located at an altitude of 27 meters above sea level . There is a slope called 11/29 which is 2286 meters long and 46 meters wide. There is also a water landing site (WNW / ESE) measuring 2896 × 457 meters.

In 2004 a new maneuvering area (“Bravo”) was built so that the end of the much-used runway 11/29 could be reached. Previously, small aircraft were allowed to take off and land on the "Alpha" tarmac because it was not worthwhile to push the aircraft back onto the actual runway. Several planes could take off and land at the same time. The airport recently wanted to build a new runway due to the sometimes violent cross winds (gusts of up to 170 km / h).

In 2012 there were 15,959 flight movements, an average of 43 daily:

Ketchikan International Airport Ferry

As the airport is located on a sparsely populated island, a ferry connects the city with the airport. It lays every 15 minutes on Gravina Island resp. on Revillagigedo Island and crosses the Tongass Narrows with passengers and cargo.

Road link

There is no road link between Ketchikan and the airport. In the meantime, the idea of ​​building a bridge ("bridge to nowhere") was born. It was not realized because of the high costs (398 million USD ).

Airlines and destinations

Passenger flights

airline Destinations
Alaska Airlines Juneau , Seattle-Tacoma , Sitka , Wrangell
Pacific Airlines Craig , Hollis , Metlakatla , Thorne Bay
Promech Air Craig , Hollis , Metlakatla , Thorne Bay
Taquan Air Coffman Cove , Craig , Dora / Cholmondely Sound , Edna Bay , Hydaburg , Hyder , Metlakatla , Mosier / Deep Bay , Naukati , Point Baker , Port Protection , Thorne Bay , Whale Pass

Top flight destinations

Most used domestic connections by KTN (July 2010 to June 2011)

rank Destination Passengers airline
1 USA WashingtonWashington Seattle-Tacoma , WA 61,000 Alaska Airlines
2 USA AlaskaAlaska Juneau , AK 16,000 Alaska Airlines
3 USA AlaskaAlaska Anchorage , AK 13,000 -
4th USA AlaskaAlaska Sitka , AK 4,000 Alaska Airlines
5 USA AlaskaAlaska Wrangell , AK 2,000 Alaska Airlines
6th USA AlaskaAlaska Petersburg , AK 2,000 -
7th USA AlaskaAlaska Craig , AK 1,000 Pacific Airlines , Taquan Air

Cargo destinations

airline Destinations
Ameriflight Seattle-Boeing Field , Vancouver

Charter flights and flightseeing

  • Family Air Tours
  • Misty Fjords Air
  • Pacific Airlines
  • SeaWind Aviation
  • Southeast Aviation

Incidents

  • On April 5, 1976, a crashed Boeing 727-81 of Alaska Airlines ( air vehicle registration N124AS ) while landing at the airport Ketchikan. After touching down with a tailwind, excessive speed and poor braking effect, the captain decided to take off . However, the reverse thrust could not be completely deactivated, so that full engine power was not achieved. The spoilers were then extended again and the go-around attempt was canceled again. The aircraft rolled over the end of the runway by 210 meters and was destroyed. One passenger of the 57 occupants was killed.
  • On August 20, 1991, a Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander from Temsco Helicopters (N68HA) took off from Ketchikan Airport for a flight to Wrangell, 135 kilometers away . About 45 kilometers from the airport, the pilot decided to return to Ketchikan due to the poor weather conditions. The machine flew into the area at a height of 250 m still 33 kilometers from the target. The pilot and all 3 passengers were killed.
  • An Aero Vodochody L-39MS had an accident during the landing approach on January 25, 2006. The machine tried to land despite heavy snowfall and poor visibility, and almost fell three times into the sea before it was able to regain altitude. Witnesses reported that the engines failed. The pilot was able to leave the aircraft in good time using the ejection seat before the machine crashed into an occupied caravan . The pilot collided with a tree while in the ejector seat.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ketchikan International Airport ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  2. ↑ accident report B 727-100 N124AS , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 5 February of 2019.
  3. ↑ accident report BN-2 N68HA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 6 of 2019.