King Cove Airport
KVC · PAVC · King Cove, Alaska · Aleutians East County · map
King Cove Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles northeast of King Cove, Alaska, 149 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,500 feet of grass and gravel. It has 1 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 1,030 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,543 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for King Cove Airport?
Its FAA code is KVC, and its ICAO code is PAVC.
Where is King Cove Airport?
It is 4 miles northeast of King Cove, Alaska, 149 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at King Cove Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,500 feet long, grass and gravel.
Does King Cove Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from King Cove Airport?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Cold Bay, False Pass, Unalaska, Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Kenai Municipal. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for King Cove Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA KVC · ICAO PAVC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 149 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cold Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,500 × 115 ft | Grass and gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Kvc and aWOS-3P | 118.325 | |
| Cold Bay Center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.5 | |
| King Cove Rco | 122.25 | King Cove |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-497-4279.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Cold Bay Airport (17 nm west), Blinn Lake Seaplane Base (19 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cold Bay Airport (17 nm west), Blinn Lake Seaplane Base (19 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- +16 KT wind northeast, east and northwest quads; wind funnels down canyon west of runway 08.
- Acvt runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left and right of centerline.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slope.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slope.
- Soft durg spring and aft hvy rain.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -8C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 484 departures from KVC in those twelve months, carrying 255 passengers in 3,683 seats (7% filled), to 6 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Cove → Cold Bay KVC–CDB | 471 | 236 | Grant Aviation |
| King Cove → False Pass KVC–KFP | 6 | 5 | Grant Aviation |
| King Cove → Unalaska KVC–DUT | 4 | 14 | Grant Aviation |
| King Cove → Ted Stevens Anchorage International KVC–ANC | 1 | 0 | Grant Aviation |
| King Cove → Kenai Municipal KVC–ENA | 1 | 0 | Grant Aviation |
| King Cove → Sand Point KVC–SDP | 1 | 0 | Grant Aviation |
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,030, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 730 |
| general aviation, travelling | 300 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in King Cove from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list King Cove, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Cold Bay (CDB) 471 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation
- False Pass (KFP) 6 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation
- Unalaska (DUT) 4 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 1 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation
- Kenai Municipal (ENA) 1 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation
- Sand Point (SDP) 1 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/KVC.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.