Koliganek Airport guide

Koliganek Airport (ICAO PAJZ, FAA JZZ) is a state-owned, public-use gravel airstrip one nautical mile east of the centre of Koliganek, a Yup'ik village on the Nushagak River in the Dillingham Census Area of southwest Alaska. It sits at an elevation of 269 feet. The FAA classes it as a general aviation facility. Its IATA and FAA codes differ, which is unusual for a U.S. airport.

The airport opened in 1997 and replaced an older strip closer to the village. It has one gravel runway, 9/27, measuring 3,300 by 75 feet. No road connects Koliganek to the rest of the state, so the airstrip carries the village's passengers, mail and freight year-round.

Grant Aviation flies scheduled small-aircraft service to Dillingham, Ekwok and New Stuyahok. Dillingham is about 104 km away by air and is the regional hub for onward flights to Anchorage. The airport recorded 481 enplanements in 2008, down 21 percent from 606 in 2007.