PAKN King Salmon Airport
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO PAKN
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 73.4 ft
- Coordinates
- 58-40-35.3765N 156-38-55.2876W
- Lat / Long
- 58.6764935, -156.648691
- Mag. variation
- 11E (2025)
- Time zone
- UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 08/1954
- ARTCC
- ANCHORAGE CENTER
- FSS
- KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
- NOTAMs facility
- AKN (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0700-1700
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD ACTVT MALSR RWY 12; PAPI RWY 12 & 30; MIRL RWY 18/36; HIRL RWY 12/30 - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from PAKN
Runways
Longest 8,901 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 8901 x 150 ft. / 2713 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 120.0
Runway 12
- Heading
- 121 magnetic, 132 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:8901 TODA:8901 ASDA:8501 LDA:8501
- Markings
- precision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 59.9 ft.
Runway 30
- Heading
- 301 magnetic, 312 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:8901 TODA:8901 ASDA:8501 LDA:8501
- Markings
- precision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 73.4 ft.
- Dimensions
- 4000 x 500 ft. / 1219 x 152 m
- Surface
- water Operational restrictions
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Operational restrictions
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 30.0
Runway 18
- Heading
- 185 magnetic, 196 true
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 66.1 ft.
- Obstructions
- 40 ft. trees, 1000 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear
Runway 36
- Heading
- 005 magnetic, 016 true
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 59.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 9
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 121.9
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 128.8
- Wx Asos
- 128.8 (907-300-7084)
- King Salmon Ground
- 121.9 [0800-2000 1 AUG-14 JUN. 0800-2200 15 JUN- 31 JUL.]
- King Salmon Tower
- 118.3 279.5 [0800-2000 1 AUG-14 JUN. 0800-2200 15 JUN- 31 JUL.]
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:100LL & JET A AVBL AT SEAPLANE BASE FM TRUCK OR UNICOM 122.95.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
Ownership
- Manager
- FLOYD WILSON PO BOX 65 KING SALMON, AK 99613 Phone 907-246-3325
- Manager phone
- 907-246-3325
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.