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Kake Airport

Kake, United States

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PAFE

Elevation

172 ft

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Location

Kake · AK · United States

Position

56.961°, -133.910° · 172 ft elev.

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Remote seaplane-era airfield serving Kake, Alaska.

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Kake, United States

Kake Airport (ICAO: PAFE) is a small public-use airport located near Kake, a Tlingit community on Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska. The airport serves as a critical link for this remote community, which has no road connections to the broader Alaska highway system. The airport supports essential air service for residents, providing access to groceries, medical care, and other necessities. Small regional carriers operate scheduled and charter flights connecting Kake to nearby communities and larger hubs such as Petersburg and Juneau. Given its isolated location and the rugged terrain of southeast Alaska, the airport plays a vital role in the daily life and economic activity of the Kake community, which has a population of only a few hundred people.

Terminals

The airport has a small, basic terminal building consistent with rural Alaskan community airports.

Getting to & from

Ground transport options within Kake are extremely limited, as the community has no road connection to the state highway system.

Airlines here

Regional carriers such as Alaska Seaplanes and similar small operators have provided scheduled air service to Kake.

Notable facts

›Kake is located on Kupreanof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska.
›The airport has a single gravel or paved runway suitable for small aircraft.
›Kake has no road access to the Alaska highway system, making air and water transport essential.
›The surrounding community is predominantly Tlingit and has a population of roughly 500 to 600 people.
›The airport does not have an IATA code, reflecting its small, non-commercial status.

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Kake Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Kake, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.

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