# Annette Island Airport (ANN)

> Metlakatla, US · IATA: ANN · ICAO: PANT · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `ANN` |
| ICAO | `PANT` |
| City | Metlakatla |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 36 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 55.03766, -131.57261 |

## Description

Sitting on Annette Island in southeast Alaska, roughly five nautical miles south of Metlakatla, Annette Island Airport (ANN/PANT) is a community regional field with no dedicated cargo terminal and no confirmed scheduled freighter service. Air freight for Metlakatla is realistically routed through Ketchikan International Airport (KTN) about 25 km to the northeast, then carried to the island by ferry or floatplane. The site was built as a US Army airfield in 1940 and served as Ketchikan's commercial airport until 1973, which explains runway dimensions far larger than today's traffic requires. Shipments that do arrive by air travel as belly cargo or on charters, while bulk and project freight for the community moves by barge from Seattle. For customs purposes ANN is a domestic point: international consignments clear at larger Alaskan gateways, principally Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC), one of the busiest cargo airports worldwide. There is no road link to the mainland, so any inbound supply chain has a mandatory waterborne or floatplane final leg. Shippers comparing options should treat KTN and ANC as the practical alternatives and use ANN only when a suitable aircraft is chartered.

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