Yakutat Airport
Yakutat Airport | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | PAYA |
IATA code | YAK |
Coordinates | |
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 |
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
- ^ Yakutat Airport. on: AirNav.com