Unalaska Airport

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Unalaska Airport
Dutch Harbor Airport
Tom Madsen Airport
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Characteristics
ICAO code PADU
IATA code DUT
Coordinates

53 ° 54 '0 "  N , 166 ° 32' 37"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 54 '0 "  N , 166 ° 32' 37"  W.
Height above MSL 7 m (23  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 2 km northeast of Unalaska
Basic data
operator State of Alaska
Start-and runway
12/30 1189 m × 30 m asphalt

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Unalaska Airport ( IATA code : DUT , ICAO code : PADU , FAA LID: DUT , also called Dutch Harbor Airport and Tom Madsen Airport ) is the public airport of the city of Unalaska , which extends from the island of Unalaska to the island of Amaknak in the north extends. The islands are part of the Aleutian chain , which lies between the Bering Sea and the Pacific off the west coast of the US state of Alaska . The airport is located on the southwest bank of Amaknak, 1,500 km southwest of the nearest major city, Anchorage, and 3,600 km west-northwest of Seattle .

The city's port is also officially known as the Dutch Harbor. Because of its location near the port, the airport is also called Dutch Harbor Airport.

In 2002, the Alaska government renamed the airport Tom Madsen Airport in memory of Charles Thomas Madsen Sr., a bush pilot who died in a plane crash that year. However, the Federal Aviation Administration retained the original name of Unalaska Airport .

The airport runway is bordered on one side by the Pacific Ocean and on the other by a mountain, with water at both ends of the runway.

A scheduled flight operated by Peninsula Airways , a codeshare partner of Alaska Airlines , and Alaska Airlines itself , operates regularly .

Airlines and Destinations

Incidents

  • On the afternoon of October 17, 2019 shot a Saab 2000 of the Peninsula Airways ( air vehicle registration N686PA ), which operated the flight AS3296 PenAir from Anchorage, at the airport Unalaska on the same Aleuteninsel over the runway out. The machine had already started once before. The aircraft slid about 150 meters over the runway and came to a standstill just in front of the bank of the Bering Sea . During the sliding phase, at least one propeller blade on the left engine broke off and penetrated the cabin. As a result, two or three of the 42 inmates were seriously injured, one of whom later died. A passenger was flown to Anchorage. In addition, about ten passengers were slightly injured, four of whom were taken to the island hospital. According to media reports, the machine landed in light rain and a tail wind of 20 knots.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Accident report Saab 2000 N686PA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.