King Cove Airport guide

King Cove Airport (IATA KVC, ICAO PAVC) serves King Cove, a fishing community on the Alaska Peninsula in the Aleutians East Borough. It sits about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of the town at a surveyed elevation of about 149 feet. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities owns the public-use field, which is unattended and has no control tower.

The airport has one runway, 8/26, which is 3,500 feet long and 115 feet wide with a turf and gravel surface. The FAA-based listing rates the surface as good, though it can turn soft during spring thaw and after heavy rain. Pilots use the common traffic advisory frequency 122.900, and an altitude correction applies at or below minus 8 degrees Celsius.

Grant Aviation is the scheduled carrier, with flights to Cold Bay and False Pass. Traffic is light. A count for the 12 months ending December 31, 2005 recorded 1,030 aircraft operations, 71 percent air taxi and 29 percent general aviation.