Ketchikan International Airport Guide
Ketchikan International Airport (ICAO PAKT) sits on Gravina Island, across the Tongass Narrows from Ketchikan, about one nautical mile west of the city's central business district. Ketchikan has no road link to the outside world or to the airport. Passengers cross on a ferry that takes about seven minutes, with two departures an hour in each direction.
The airport opened in August 1973. Before that, scheduled flights used seaplanes or the former military airfield at Annette Island, about 20 air miles south. The State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities owns it. Runway 11/29 is grooved asphalt, 7,500 by 150 feet. A water runway for seaplanes measures 9,500 by 1,500 feet.
Alaska Airlines flies to Juneau, Seattle/Tacoma, Sitka and Wrangell. Island Air Express serves Klawock. Float-plane operators including Taquan Air, Misty Fjords Air and Pacific Airways run charters and sightseeing flights. The FAA counted 148,645 passenger boardings in 2023 and 14,394 aircraft operations.
Services
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 2 runwaysopened 1973
- Location
- 55.356, -131.714
- Operator
- Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalKetchikan International Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Ketchikan International Airport Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 2 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- Ketchikan International Airport TerminalDomestic
Alaska Airlines, Island Air Express
Nearby cities
1 cityKetchikan International Airport is closest to Ketchikan (3 km east). With 1 town or city within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Ketchikan3 km east
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