Eek Airport

Eek Airport
Eek Airport
	IATA: EEK; ICAO: PAEE; FAA LID: EEK;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region
Serves	Eek, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	60°12′49″N 162°02′38″W / 60.21361°N 162.04389°W
Map
	EEK Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations (2012)
Aircraft operations (2012)	300
Based aircraft (2017)	0
Passengers	6,461
Freight	820,000 lbs
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration; Source: Bureau of Transportation

Eek Airport (IATA: EEK^[4], ICAO: PAEE^[5], FAA LID: EEK) is a state-owned public-use airport serving the city of Eek in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 3,759 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 16% from the 3,241 enplanements in 2006.^[2]

Facilities

Eek Airport has one runway designated 17/35 with a 3,243 x 60 ft (988 x 18 m) gravel surface.^[1]

A federally funded project relocated the airport to a new location about two miles west of Eek.^[6]^[7] The former airport had a 1,400 by 35 ft runway and was located east of Eek at coordinates 60°12.95′N 162°00.35′W / 60.21583°N 162.00583°W / 60.21583; -162.00583.^[8]

Airlines	Destinations
Grant Aviation	Bethel, Quinhagak^[9]
Yute Commuter Service	Bethel, Quinhagak^[10]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Carrier shares: January – December 2016^[3]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Hageland	3,520(54.50%)
Yute	2,760(42.67%)
Grant	180(2.77%)

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2016^[3]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers	Carriers
1	Bethel, AK	Bethel Airport	2,440	Yute, Grant, Hageland
2	Quinhagak, AK	Quinhagak Airport	630	Grant, Hageland
3	Tuntutuliak, AK	Tuntutuliak Airport	70	Grant

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for EEK PDF, retrieved May 6, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding Data. Federal Aviation Administration. April 27, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Eek, AK: Eek (EEK)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
^ EEK - Eek, Alaska. Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ Aeronautical chart and airport information for PAEE at SkyVector. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ Eek Airport Relocation, Stage 2 Archived 2012-07-13 at archive.today. Online Public Notice. State of Alaska. 2002-07-10.
^ Completed Projects: Eek Airport Relocation Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Osborne Construction Company. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
^ Airport diagram (GIF). Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region. 2003-12-25.
^ "Grant Aviation Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
^ "Yute Schedule". Archived from the original on 2022-09-12. Retrieved 2022-09-15. (retrieved Sep 15, 2022)