It is also responsible for patrolling offshore fisheries, deploying HH-65 helicopters aboard High Endurance Cutters operating off Alaska, and providing logistical support to various Coast Guard units in the area.

[4] The latter mission includes transporting aids to navigation personnel who maintain remote shore beacons that are only accessible by air.

CGAS Kodiak is one of the main locations of the 2006 action-adventure drama film The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, and Melissa Sagemiller.

However, the film was shot at Air Station Elizabeth City in North Carolina, with snow being brought in by trucks to resemble an Alaskan landscape.

The setting for the film is the United States Coast Guard and their Aviation Survival Technician (AST) program.