Ouzinkie Airport

Airport

KOZ

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	3,300	1,006	Gravel

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Ouzinkie Airport (IATA: KOZ, FAA LID: 4K5) is a state-owned public-use airport serving Ouzinkie,^[1] a city on Spruce Island in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

The airport received national media attention in 2009 after being slotted to receive $15 million in federal stimulus money to construct a new airstrip.^[2]^[3] The new airport opened in 2010.^[4]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, Ouzinkie Airport had 2,071 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[5] 2,999 enplanements in 2009, and 2,784 in 2010.^[6] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility based on enplanements in 2008 (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 per year).^[7]

Facilities

Ouzinkie Airport covers an area of 170 acres (69 ha) at an elevation of 100 feet (30 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 3,300 by 60 feet (1,006 x 18 m).^[1]

The former location (57°55′31″N 152°29′49″W / 57.92528°N 152.49694°W / 57.92528; -152.49694 (Ouzinkie Airport (old))) had one runway designated 11/29 with a gravel surface measuring 2,085 by 80 feet (636 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, it had 42 aircraft operations per month: 60% general aviation and 40% air taxi.

Airline and destinations

Airlines with scheduled passenger service to non-stop destinations:

Airlines	Destinations
Island Air Service	Kodiak, Port Lions^[8]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2012^[9]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Island	2,370(71.3%)
Servant	950(28.7%)

Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2012^[9]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	Kodiak, AK	Kodiak Airport (ADQ)	1,700
2	Port Lions, AK	Port Lions Airport (ORI)	60

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 4K5 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective August 25, 2011.
^ Karlinsky, Neal; Harper, Eloise (August 3, 2009). "Alaska's Airport to Nowhere". ABC News.
^ DeGeorge, Krestia (July 15, 2009). "Quit picking on Ouzinkie". Anchorage Press.
^ "Ouzinkie has a new airport". JuneauEmpire.com. July 9, 2010.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
^ "Summer Schedule: effective June 1, 2012 - September 15, 2012". Island Air Service. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Ouzinkie, AK: Ouzinkie Airport (KOZ)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2013.

External links

Topographic map from USGS The National Map
Airport diagram from FAA Alaska Region
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 4K5
- AirNav airport information for 4K5
- ASN accident history for KOZ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 4K5