Yakutat Airport

Yakutat Airport

Yakutat Army Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
ServesYakutat, Alaska
Elevation AMSL33 ft / 10 m
Coordinates59°30′12″N 139°39′37″W / 59.50333°N 139.66028°W / 59.50333; -139.66028
Map
YAK is located in Alaska
YAK
YAK
Location of airport in Alaska
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
2/20 6,475 1,974 Concrete
11/29 7,745 2,361 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations19,026
Based aircraft8

Yakutat Airport (IATA: YAK, ICAO: PAYA, FAA LID: YAK) is a state-owned public-use airport located 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Yakutat, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska which has no road access to the outside world.[1] Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 11,028 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 12,158 enplanements in 2009, and 10,035 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 10,100 enplanements in CY 2012.[4]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for YAK PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Estimate" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved May 23, 2016.