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Ketchikan International Airport covers an area of 2,600 acres (1,052 ha) at an elevation of 92 feet (27 m) above mean sea level.It has one asphalt paved runway designated 11/29 which measures 7,500 by 150 feet (2,286 x 46 m) and one water runway for seaplanes designated WNW/ESE which measures 9,500 by 1,500 feet (2896 x 457 m).
The airline restarted service under its own name in the 1970s but ceased operations in 1986. Pacific Northern Airlines ("The Alaska Flag Line") was founded in January 1945 as Woodley Airlines, renamed Pacific Northern Airways on August 27, 1945 and Pacific Northern Airlines on August 23, 1947; merged into Western Airlines on October 31, 1967.
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
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The following is a list of destinations that are served or have been served by Alaska Airlines.These do not include destinations flown only by Horizon Air.Previous cities flown solely by Horizon Air include: Arcata-Eureka, Astoria, Butte, Flagstaff, Klamath Falls, Lewiston, Mammoth Lakes, North Bend-Coos Bay, Pendleton, Port Angeles, Prescott, Prince George, Salem, and Twin Falls.
The airline was established as Taquan Air Service Incorporated in August 1977, and started out flying an air taxi service between Ketchikan International Airport and Metlakatla on Annette Island. [8] By 1989 the company was flying seven airplanes with 45 employees, [ 8 ] and by 1997 28 planes with 175 employees.
Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base (IATA: WFB, FAA LID: 5KE) is a privately owned, public use seaplane base located at the harbor of Ketchikan, [1] a city in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located near the Ketchikan International Airport, which also has its own seaplane landing area
Prior to the opening of the Ketchikan airport in 1973, Alaska Airlines was also operating scheduled flights with Super Catalina and Grumman Goose prop-driven amphibian aircraft on the short hop between Annette Island Airport and the Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base serving Ketchikan as well as to other local destinations in southeast Alaska. [10]