Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport is a public and military use airport located four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Kodiak, a city on Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is state-owned and operated by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF). It is home to the co-located Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and a hub for Servant Air. On April 11, 2013, the Alaska State Legislature passed SB31, which renamed the facility "Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport," in honor of the designer of the Alaskan flag.
A de Havilland Beaver, part of the Andrew Airways fleet, dropping off tourists at a remote lodge on Raspberry Island
Teenage tourists filleting fish at a lodge on Raspberry Island. The fish is immediately vacuum packed and frozen, then put into coolers and checked on as baggage at Kodiak Airport upon departure. Almost all air travellers leaving Kodiak Airport have several coolers containing frozen fish they caught, and both Kodiak and Anchorage airports have freezers to keep these fish frozen in case of delay.
The City of Kodiak is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. All commercial transportation between the island's communities and the outside world goes through this city via ferryboat or airline. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 5,581, down from 6,130 in 2010. It is the tenth-largest city in Alaska.
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Image: 210714 Kodiak from Pillar Mountain
Image: 210712 Kodiak downtown (51312491005)
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