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FS2004 Scenery--King Salmon PAKN, in Alaska (AK), USA. King Salmon is a town with a population of just under 400, on the north bank of the Naknek River and 15 miles from the sea. The airport is adjacent to the town and was originally an air force base which closed in 1993; the hangars on the airport are still usable. The airport, with its long runway (11-29 and 8500 feet with an ILS, and a second runway 18-36 and 4000 feet) is a transportation hub for the area in general and in particular for the salmon industry. Along the Naknek River and close to the river mouth there are numerous canneries, connected to King Salmon by a road built by the Army Engineers. There are also numerous fishing lodges on the river and nearby lakes for sport fishermen and to speed up transportation to the lodges there are float bases on the river to the south of the airport. King Salmon has three tiers of scheduled flights: Alaska Air direct from Anchorage in a 737 (passengers and cargo), PenAir (Saab turboprop) as part of their flights up and down the peninsula, and Grant Air serving nearby small towns as part of the government-subsidised service. There are also PenAir flights, both scheduled and unscheduled, in smaller aircraft (Piper Navajo for instance) to smaller airports for the fishing season, plus cargo flights in larger aircraft by the lowest bidder. To complete the mix the AI includes a pair of F15s. By Roger Wensley.