Yakutat Airport

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Yakutat Airport
Overview of the airport
Characteristics
ICAO code PAYA
IATA code YAK
Coordinates

59 ° 30 '12 "  N , 139 ° 39' 37"  W Coordinates: 59 ° 30 '12 "  N , 139 ° 39' 37"  W.
Height above MSL 10 m (33  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 6 km southeast of Yakutat
Basic data
opening 1940
Runways
11/29 2361 m × 46 m asphalt
02/20 1974 m × 46 m concrete



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The airport Yakutat ( IATA code : YAK, ICAO code : PAYA), English Yakutat Airport is a civil airport 6 kilometers southeast of Yakutat in Alaska .

history

The airport opened in 1940, when it was used for military purposes . The Yakutat Army Airfield had created a base with the United States Army to protect Alaska in World War II.

General

Yakutat Airport has two non-intersecting runways with the orientations of 11/29, or 02/20, the first of these paths a ILS - approach allows, so a precision approach. It is also the only one that has a so-called VASI system. Be careful between October and May, as the slopes can be very icy due to the cold and snow . Statistics show that 26% of the airport is used by air taxis, 16% by local air traffic and only 4% by commercial aviation. Militarily, too, it is only 2%. General aviation accounts for the largest share. Alaska Airlines and Alsek Air Service use the airport for passenger flights to z. B. Seattle and Anchorage .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yakutat Airport. on: AirNav.com