Ouzinkie Airport is a state-owned public-use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located southwest of Ouzinkie

Ouzinkie, Alaska

Ouzinkie, pronounced , is a city on Spruce Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 225.-Geography:Ouzinkie is located at ....

, a city in the Kodiak Island Borough

Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

-National protected areas:* Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ** Barren Islands** Semidi Wilderness*** Semidi Islands** Trinity Islands*** Sitkinak Island*** Tugidak Island...

 of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. It has come under considerable national media attention after being slotted to receive $15 million in federal stimulus money. That money, however, is being used to construct a new airstrip about two miles north of the current Ouzinkie airport's location.

Facilities and aircraft

Ouzinkie Airport has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 (11/29) with a gravel

Gravel

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 surface measuring 2,085 x 80 ft. (636 x 24 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 42 aircraft operations per month: 60% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 40% air taxi

Air taxi

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.

Airlines and destinations

• Island Air Service (Kodiak, Port Lions)
• Servant Air
  Servant Air
  Servant Air, Inc. is an American regional airline based in Alaska, USA. It operates domestic scheduled passenger and charter services. Its base is Kodiak Airport.-History:The airline was established in the spring of 2003 with a single Cessna 207...
  
   (Kodiak, Port Lions)

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of KOZ
(July 2010 - June 2011)

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Kodiak, AK Kodiak Airport -Top Destinations:-Charter/Tours:Charters are generally available to the Kodiak archipelago and Katmai coast.* Andrews Airways* Island Air Service* Servant Air- External links :* * * * * **...	2,000	Island, Servant