The state of Alaska is proposing to lease the public parking lot at the Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport to a private entity which will operate and maintain it.
The Kodiak Airport Park & Store, LLC has applied to rent and manage the public parking lot at the airport for ten years. The LLC is registered to Daniel Rohrer and was created in November, 2025 according to state records. According to a notice from the state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, the proposed lease would allow the private company to actively manage the long-term parking lot at the Kodiak airport. It will also include parking fees for anyone who parks in the lot.
No further details were available in the state’s online notice, and the department did not respond to KMXT's request for comment before the publishing of this story.
Since February of last year the department of transportation has been enforcing a 14-day limit for all vehicles parked in the long-term lot at the Kodiak airport. The policy involves local staff issuing notices or tags on vehicles that are approaching the limit and then relocating those vehicles to a nearby impound lot if they stay parked for more than 14 days. Once a vehicle has been impounded the owner has 90 days to retrieve the vehicle before it is considered abandoned and will be disposed of according to state law.
The state is accepting written comments and or competing applications until 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 9. Comments must be sent via mail to the Alaska Department of Transportation’s aviation leasing office in Anchorage. More details can be found online at the state of Alaska’s online public notice website.
The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce is also encouraging residents to email their letters to the Chamber at chamber@kodiakchamber.org or drop it off at the local office by 1:00 PM today, March 6, and the Chamber will overnight all letters together to ensure they arrive before the deadline.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to more accurately reflect the nature of the proposed lease and to remove mention of potential misinformation that was cited by the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce.
