Akiak Airport guide

Akiak Airport serves the Yup'ik village of Akiak in the Bethel Census Area of western Alaska. The state-owned, public-use field sits on the Kuskokwim River lowlands, a short distance from the village. Akiak has no road link to Bethel or the wider state, so the airstrip carries most passengers, mail and freight in and out of the community.

The airport has one gravel runway, 3/21, measuring 3,196 by 75 feet. It was lengthened and widened from an earlier strip of 1,900 by 38 feet. The field covers 59 acres at an elevation of 30 feet, and it is owned by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Central Region.

Scheduled air taxi flights link Akiak with Bethel and neighbouring villages such as Akiachak, Kwethluk and Tuluksak. In 2015 the FAA recorded 3,479 passengers. Hageland Aviation carried about 75 percent of them, Yute Air about 21 percent and Grant Aviation about 4 percent. Bethel was the top destination, with 1,670 passengers. Its codes are AKI (IATA), PFAK (ICAO) and AKI (FAA).