Chignik Airport

Airport

AJC

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
2/20	2,600	792	Gravel

Statistics (2015)

Aircraft operations	2,120 (2013)
Based aircraft	0
Passengers	495
Freight	85,000 lbs

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]^[2]

Chignik Airport (ICAO: PAJC, FAA LID: AJC) is a state-owned, public-use airport two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Chignik,^[1] a city in the Lake and Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 800 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 21% from the 1,017 enplanements in 2007.^[2] Chignik Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Chignik Airport has one runway designated 2/20 with a gravel surface measuring 2,600 by 60 feet (792 x 18 m). The airport is unattended. For the 12-month period ending January 31, 2008, the airport had 2,120 aircraft operations, an average of 176 per month: 67% air taxi and 33% general aviation.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Chignik Lagoon, Chignik Lake, King Salmon, Perryville, Port Heiden^[4]

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015^[5]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Grant	495(100.00%)

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015^[5]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers	Carriers
1	King Salmon, AK	King Salmon Airport	160
2	Chignik Lake, AK	Chignik Lake Airport	30	Grant
3	Perryville, AK	Perryville Airport	20
4	Port Heiden, AK	Port Heiden Airport	20
5	Chignik Lagoon, AK	Chignik Lagoon Airport	20	Grant
6	Dillingham, AK	Dillingham Airport	10
3	South Naknek, AK	South Naknek Airport	10

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for AJC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
^ ^a ^b CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data (Preliminary). Federal Aviation Administration. Published 15 July 2009.
^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013. Federal Aviation Administration. Published 1 Oct 2008.
^ "Grant Aviation Schedule". (retrieved Sep 12, 2022)
^ ^a ^b "Chignik, AK: Chignik ()". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2017.

External links

Airport diagram for Chignik (AJC) (GIF). FAA, Alaska Region. 25 Dec 2003.
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AJC
- AirNav airport information for PAJC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAJC
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for AJC