Gustavus Airport

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Gustavus Airport

IATA: GST – ICAO: PAGS – FAA: GST
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeastern Region
Serves		Gustavus, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		35 ft / 11 m
Coordinates		58°25′31″N 135°42′27″W / 58.42528, -135.7075
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
11/29	6,721	2,049	Asphalt
2/20	3,146	959	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			5,750
Based aircraft			30
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Gustavus Airport (IATA: GST, ICAO: PAGS, FAA LID: GST) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Gustavus, a city in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1] Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airlines and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Gustavus Airport covers an area of 1,821 acres (737 ha) at an elevation of 35 feet (11 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 11/29 measuring 6,721 x 150 feet (2,049 x 46 m) and 2/20 measuring 3,146 x 60 feet (959 x 18 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2007, the airport had 5,750 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 57% air taxi, 38% general aviation, 3% scheduled commercial and 1% military. At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% helicopter.^[1]