Juneau International Airport

Juneau International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	PAJN
IATA code	JNU
Coordinates	58 ° 21 '18 "  N , 134 ° 34' 35"  W Coordinates: 58 ° 21 '18 "  N , 134 ° 34' 35"  W.
Height above MSL	6 m (20  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	7 miles northwest of Juneau , Alaska
Street	Egan Drive
Basic data
operator	City of Juneau
surface	264 ha
Terminals	1
Passengers	344.057
Flight movements	86 564
Runways
08/26	2578 m × 46 m asphalt
08W / 26W	1494 m × 137 m of water

Aerial view of Juneau International Airport, 2001.

Juneau International Airport in July 2005.

The Juneau International Airport ( IATA: JNU ; ICAO: PAJN ) is a public airport and water landing site, which is operated by the city of Juneau. The airport is located 8 miles outside of the city center and is a regional base for all types of air traffic, both for bush planes and for Alaska Airlines .

The airport is listed on the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) for 2011-2015. The NPIAS categorizes it as a primary commercial service airport . In 2008 the airport recorded 378,741 passengers (boardings), in 2009 337,038 passengers and in 2010 there were 344,057 passengers.

history

During the Second World War , the airport was operated by the United States Army Air Forces as a supply base for the bases and airfields that were being built in the Aleutian Islands . In addition, both Juneau Airport and Nome Airport handled the delivery of rental aircraft to the USSR .

Infrastructure and planes

Juneau International Airport covers an area of ​​264 acres at 6 meters above sea level and has a paved runway , designated 08/26, which is 2578 meters long and 46 meters wide, and a landing pad for seaplanes , labeled 08W / 26W, which is 1,494 meters long and 137 meters wide.

Between December 2010 and November 2011 there were 86,564 flight movements (237 per day): 73% air taxis , 17% general aviation , 9% business and 1% military. At that time, Juneau was home to 339 aircraft.

Airlines and destinations

airline	Destinations
Air excursions	Gustavus , Haines , Hoonah , Kake , Skagway
Alaska Airlines	Anchorage , Cordova , Ketchikan , Petersburg , Seattle-Tacoma , Sitka , Yakutat Seasonal: Gustavus
Alaska Seaplane Services	Angoon , Elfin Cove , Pelican , Tenakee Springs
Delta Air Lines	Seasonal: Seattle-Tacoma
Ward Air	Chatham , Funter Bay
Wings of Alaska	Excursion Inlet , Gustavus , Haines , Hoonah , Skagway

Incidents

• On April 10, 1959, by the continued Downtown Seattle forthcoming Boeing 377 Stratocruiser of Pan American World Airways ( air vehicle registration N1033V ) while landing at the airport Juneau before the runway threshold and collided with an embankment. The machine caught fire and was destroyed, but all 10 occupants survived (five passengers and five crew members).

• On September 4, 1971, flew Boeing 727-193 of the Alaska Airlines (N2969G) on approach to the airport Juneau 35 km west of it in the edge of a ravine, while a strong snowstorm prevailed. All 111 inmates were killed. The crew had initiated the descent prematurely due to a faulty navigation signal, the cause of which could not be determined (see also Alaska Airlines flight 1866 ) .

Web links

Commons : Juneau International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Juneau International Airport web presence at juneau.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.gcr1.com/5010web/airport.cfm?Site=JNU
2. ↑ http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf ( Memento from September 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/JNU.gif ( Memento from January 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=JNU&End_YearMonth=24139
5. ↑ Accident report Boeing 377 N1033V , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 5, 2019.
6. ↑ Accident report B-727-100 N2969G , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 5, 2019.