Tatitlek Airport guide

Tatitlek Airport (IATA TEK, ICAO PAKA, FAA 7KA) is a public-use airstrip serving Tatitlek, a small Alaska Native village on Tatitlek Narrows in Prince William Sound, in the Chugach Census Area. The field covers about 160 acres at an elevation of 62 feet. No road links the village to the state road network, so the airstrip and the sea are the only ways in.

The airport has one gravel runway, 12/30, measuring 3,701 by 75 feet. A water landing area, 13W/31W, serves floatplanes. There is no control tower and no staff on the field, and pilots are advised to inspect the gravel surface before landing.

Scheduled service is subsidized under the federal Essential Air Service program. Alaska Air Transit flies a Cessna Grand Caravan between Tatitlek and Merrill Field in Anchorage, about twice a week. Earlier service came from Arctic Circle Air and Reeve Air Alaska. The airport recorded 2,350 aircraft operations in 2010, split between air taxi and general aviation, and about 70 scheduled passengers in 2013. The FAA lists the airport as a general aviation facility.