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Chicken Airport

Chicken, United States

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Elevation

1640 ft

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Location

Chicken · AK · United States

Connectivity

1 routes · 1 destinations

Position

64.066°, -141.951° · 1640 ft elev.

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Remote Alaskan airstrip serving the tiny gold-rush town of Chicken.

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Chicken, United States

Chicken Airport (CKX) is a small general aviation airstrip located near the unincorporated community of Chicken, Alaska, in the Tok Census Area. It sits in a remote region of interior Alaska close to the Taylor Highway, serving as a critical lifeline for local residents and visitors during the summer season. The airport is owned and operated by the State of Alaska and serves primarily small private and charter aircraft. It has no commercial airline service, and its facilities are minimal, reflecting the extremely small and seasonal population of the surrounding area. Chicken itself is one of Alaska's most colorfully named communities, with a population of only a few dozen permanent residents. The airport plays an important role in providing access to this otherwise difficult-to-reach location, particularly when road conditions are poor.

Getting to & from

Ground access to Chicken is primarily via the Taylor Highway, a gravel road that is closed during winter months.

Airlines here

No scheduled commercial airline service operates at Chicken Airport; it serves only general aviation and charter flights.

Notable facts

›Located in the remote interior of Alaska near the Yukon border.
›The community of Chicken reportedly got its unusual name as a simplified spelling of 'ptarmigan,' the local bird.
›The airport is owned by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation.
›Elevation is approximately 1,640 feet above sea level.
›The airstrip serves a community with fewer than 100 permanent residents.

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CKX → TKJQ5 · CNA

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Chicken Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Chicken, a community in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. Both Boundary and Eagle destinations are flag stops on the Tok-Chicken route. The aircraft will not stop at these destinations unless there is scheduled cargo or passengers flying in or out of those destinations.

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