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Kodiak Airport (PADQ/ADQ), formally Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport, sits on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska, four nautical miles southwest of the town of Kodiak. It is a state-owned, dual-use civil and military field built on the site of the former Naval Air Station Kodiak, and it remains home to the co-located Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak. For a simulator pilot it offers a busy mix of scheduled airline, floatplane, air-taxi and Coast Guard traffic set against dramatic mountainous island scenery.
Kodiak Airport, officially named Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport in honour of the designer of the Alaska state flag, is a public and military-use aerodrome on Kodiak Island. It is owned by the State of Alaska and operated by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and it functions as a hub for Servant Air as well as the home base of Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak. Its combination of multiple runway orientations, an ILS approach, and a steady flow of airline, floatplane and Coast Guard flying makes it a rewarding destination for VFR and IFR flights alike in a rugged coastal setting.
The airport lies about four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of the city of Kodiak, on Kodiak Island in the Gulf of Alaska. It sits at coordinates 57.7498 N, 152.494 W at an elevation of 33 feet. Flight following and radio advisory in the area is provided by Kenai Radio, which acts as the flight service station for the field.
Kodiak has three physical runways, all hard-surfaced and lit. Runway 08/26 is the longest, recorded at 6,366 feet on the 08 threshold and 7,507 feet on the 26 threshold, and it carries the field's ILS on runway 26. Runway 01/19 measures 4,974 feet in both directions. Runway 11/29 is recorded at 4,942 feet on the 11 threshold and 4,826 feet on the 29 threshold.
Kodiak's aerodrome frequency is 125.1 MHz, with ATIS on 135.5 MHz. The common traffic advisory frequency and tower frequency are both 119.8 MHz, which is also used by Kenai Radio as the flight service station serving the field. Ground control operates on 121.9 MHz, and UNICOM is available on 122.8 MHz. A remote flight service station frequency of 122.2 MHz is also listed for Kenai Radio, alongside a miscellaneous frequency of 117.1 MHz and a TWEB operations frequency of 156.8 MHz. An ILS is provided for runway 26.
The airport occupies the site of the former Naval Air Station Kodiak, commissioned in 1941. NAS Kodiak was closed and placed into caretaker status in 1950, though its runways and associated facilities continued to be used by, or were conveyed to, the United States Coast Guard. A Coast Guard Air Detachment was commissioned at the site in 1947 and was formally designated Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak in 1964. In 1971 the Navy transferred all remaining airport runways and caretaker-status areas to the State of Alaska. In April 2013 the Alaska State Legislature passed SB31, renaming the facility Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport in honour of the man who designed the Alaska state flag. The field has a long history of scheduled jet service, having been served over the decades by Pacific Northern Airlines with Lockheed Constellations, Western Airlines with Boeing 720Bs, and later Alaska Airlines, Wien Air Alaska, MarkAir and AirPac operating Boeing 737, 727 and BAe 146 jet equipment on routes to Anchorage, Seattle and beyond.
Kodiak Airport continues to operate as a dual civil and military field. It is a hub for Servant Air and receives scheduled Alaska Airlines service to Anchorage, alongside Island Air Service flights linking Kodiak with the smaller island communities of Akhiok, Karluk, Larsen Bay, Old Harbor, Ouzinkie and Port Lions. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak remains co-located at the airport, operating HC-130 Hercules, HH-60J Jayhawk and HH-65C Dolphin aircraft as part of the largest Coast Guard installation in the United States, which also supports Coast Guard vessels responding to the wider Kodiak and Aleutian Islands region.