Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (former Galena Air Force Base) | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF – Northern Region | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Galena, Alaska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 154 ft / 47 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 64°44′10″N 156°56′15″W / 64.73611°N 156.93750°W | ||||||||||||||
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Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (IATA: GAL, ICAO: PAGA, FAA LID: GAL) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Galena, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,784 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 7,447 enplanements in 2009, and 12,421 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year) based on enplanements in 2008;[4] however, it qualifies as a primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2010.
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for GAL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.