PAKN · King Salmon Airport

KING SALMON, ALASKA · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

Elevation ft

Runways

8,901

Longest ft · 12/30

58.68N

156.65W

King Salmon Airport serves King Salmon, Alaska at 73 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 8,901 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
12/30	8,901 × 150 ft	asphalt (fair)	unlit
18/36	4,017 × 100 ft	asphalt	lit
NW/SE	4,000 × 500 ft	water	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 73 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	73 ft	2,452 ft	2,118 ft	3,177 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,273 ft	2,686 ft	2,244 ft	3,366 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,473 ft	2,920 ft	2,371 ft	3,556 ft
35°C afternoon	2,491 ft	2,924 ft	2,373 ft	3,559 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 8,901 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,559 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at PAKN is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
PADL Dillingham Airport	62 nm W	6,400 ft
PAIL Iliamna Airport	84 nm NE	5,086 ft
PADQ Kodiak Airport	143 nm E	7,534 ft
PAHO Homer Airport	169 nm E	6,701 ft
PANI Aniak Airport	195 nm NW	6,200 ft
PAEN Kenai Municipal Airport	200 nm NE	7,855 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at PAKN

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at PAKN, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at PAKN or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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