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.