| Valdez Airport Pioneer Field |
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| Valdez Airport, left background, as seen in an aerial photo taken 1974 | |||
| IATA: VDZ – ICAO: PAVD – FAA LID: VDZ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||
| Serves | Valdez, Alaska | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 121 ft / 37 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 6/24 | 6,500 | 1,981 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 13,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 31 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Valdez Airport (IATA: VDZ, ICAO: PAVD, FAA LID: VDZ)[2], also known as Pioneer Field, is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Valdez, a city in the Valdez-Cordova Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
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Valdez Airport covers an area of 140 acres (57 ha) at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 6/24 which measures 6,500 by 150 feet (1,981 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2008, the airport had 13,000 aircraft operations, an average of 35 per day: 50% air taxi, 42% general aviation and 8% military. At that time there were 31 aircraft based at this airport: 65% single-engine, 3% jet, 23% helicopter and 10% ultralight.[1]
there is no schedudled flights to any city
