Tatitlek Airport

Tatitlek Airport
IATA: TEK – ICAO: PAKA – FAA LID: 7KA
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves	Tatitlek, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates
Map
7KA Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 3,701 1,128 Gravel 13W/31W 8,000 2,438 Water
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 2,350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Tatitlek Airport (IATA: TEK, ICAO: PAKA, FAA LID: 7KA) is a state-owned public-use airport serving Tatitlek, in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Scheduled passenger service at this airport is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.

Facilities and aircraft

Tatitlek Airport covers an area of 160 acres (65 ha) at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with a gravel surface measuring 3,701 by 75 feet (1,128 x 23 m). There is also a seaplane landing area designated 13W/31W which measures 8,000 by 4,000 feet (2,438 x 1,219 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2010, the airport had 2,350 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per week: 53% air taxi and 47% general aviation.

Airline and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

Airlines	Destinations
Reeve Air Alaska	Anchorage

Service to Anchorage was previously provided by Arctic Circle Air.

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2013

Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Reeve	70(100%)

Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2013

Rank	City	Airport name & IATA code	Passengers
			2013	2012
1	Anchorage, AK	Lake Hood Strip (DQL)	40	40
2	Chenega, AK	Chenega Bay Airport (NCN)	<10	<10
3	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage International (ANC)	<10	<10

References

Other sources

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-2013-0030) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2013-2-22 (February 22, 2013): requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing Essential Air Service (EAS) at Tatitlek, Alaska, for a two-year period, with or without subsidy. Arctic Circle Air Service, Inc., provided scheduled passenger service to Tatitlek through April of 2008 and terminated its service at that time without filing a 90-day notice of its intent to suspend that service. The carrier ceased all operations in August of 2010.
  • Order 2013-6-6 (June 7, 2013): re-soliciting proposals by June 20, 2013, from carriers interested in providing Essential Air Service (EAS) at Tatitlek, Alaska, for a two-year period, with or without subsidy ... for one or two round trips per week, year round, at Tatitlek.
  • Order 2013-8-1 (August 2, 2013): selecting Reeve Air Alaska, LLC, to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Tatitlek, Alaska, with two nonstop round trips per week to Anchorage with Piper Navajo PA-31 aircraft for a two-year period for $93,080 annual subsidy. Tatitlek, Alaska: Docket 2013-0030. Effective Period: October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2015.
  • Order 2013-8-1 (August 23, 2013): adjusting the starting date for the inauguration of Essential Air Service by Reeve Air Alaska, LLC, to September 2, 2013.

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• Topographic map from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for PAKA at AirNav
  • Accident history for TEK at Aviation Safety Network
  • Aeronautical chart for 7KA at SkyVector

• FAA Airport Master Record for 7KA (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.