Homer Airport Improvements

Project # CFAPT00491 / AIP 3-02-0122-021-2023

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, is rehabilitating and improving the Homer Airport and associated airport facilities. Through this project we will make improvements to the runway, taxiways, and general aviation apron.

The Homer Airport is a state-owned, public-use, primary commercial service airport serving the southern Kenai Peninsula and eastern Cook Inlet. The airport receives scheduled passenger and cargo service, with approximately 53,000 annual aircraft operations for all operation types including commercial, air taxi, general aviation, and military. Current airport facilities include a 6,701-foot-long by 150-foot-wide asphalt runway, passenger terminal, lighted helipad, flight service station, and floatplane facilities.

Project Description

Work on this project includes:

• Rehabilitating Runway 04/22 and reducing the width from 150 feet to 100 feet with paved shoulders
• Rehabilitating the runway safety area
• Rehabilitating portions of Taxiways A, B, and D, and the general aviation (GA) apron
• Removing a portion of Taxiway D and reconstruct as a service road
• Constructing new taxiway turnaround at the east end of the runway
• Expanding the gravel tie-down area at the east end of the existing GA apron to the north
• Removing terrain obstructions in the runway object free area
• Replacing runway and taxiway edge lighting
• Replacing existing visual approach slope indicators with precision approach path indicators on both runway ends
• Improving drainage, including replacing culverts, ditch grading, and reconstructing the Lampert Lake outfall
• Clearing and grubbing vegetation
• Adjusting utilities, as required

A map showing the work that will be completed through this project.

Project Status

Construction on this project began in 2023 and is expected to be complete in late 2024.

2024 construction impacts include:

• Nightly closures from 8PM to 8AM April 1 to October 31
• FULL RUNWAY CLOSURE from 8PM Monday, April 15 to 8AM Sunday, April 21
• South half-width runway (50ft) operations start Sunday, April 21 at 8AM
• FULL RUNWAY CLOSURE from 8PM Monday, July 22 to 8AM Wednesday, July 24
• North half-width runway (50ft) operations start Wednesday, July 24
• FULL RUNWAY CLOSURE lasting 84 hours in early- to mid-October

Exact dates for future closures will be announced as the summer progresses. For construction updates throughout the summer, call our construction hotline at 1-866-440-0203. Members of the public can also join our weekly phone meetings on Thursdays at 8 a.m. with conference number 907-268-6272 and meeting ID 490419.