Tununak Airport

Airport

TNK

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
8/26	1,778	542	Gravel

Statistics

Enplanements (2008)	1,809

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

Tununak Airport (IATA: TNK, FAA LID: 4KA) is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Tununak, in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 1,809 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, a decrease of 9.6% from the 2,001 enplanements in 2007.^[2] Tununak Airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2009–2013), which categorizes it as a general aviation facility.^[3]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 4KA by the FAA and TNK by the IATA.^[4]

Facilities

Tununak Airport has one runway designated 8/26 with a gravel surface measuring 1,778 by 30 feet (542 x 9 m). The airport is unattended.^[1]

Remarks:^[1]

Surface has dips, soft spots, rocks 4-8 inches length of runway.
08/26 reflective markers on runway edge.
Activate MIRL runway 08/26 - CTAF.
Caution: runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to using.
Road 600' long used for landings and takeoff during strong crosswinds.
Pilots are requested to self-announce on CTAF prior to taxiing on runway for departure; leaving the runway and within 10 NM of the airport when approaching to land.
Windsock unreliable.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Bethel^[5]
Ryan Air	Bethel^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 4KA PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective 27 Aug 2009.
^ ^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.
^ Great Circle Mapper: TNK - Tununak, Alaska. Retrieved 2 Sep 2009.
^ "Destinations". (retrieved December 20, 2020)
^ "Passenger Schedules". Ryan Air Services. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 4KA
- AirNav airport information for 4KA
- ASN accident history for TNK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 4KA