Soldotna Airport

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Soldotna Airport
IATA: SXQ – ICAO: PASX – FAA LID: SXQ
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Soldotna
Serves Soldotna, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 113 ft / 34 m
Coordinates 60°28′30″N 151°02′18″W / 60.47500°N 151.03833°W / 60.47500; -151.03833
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 15,050
Based aircraft 47
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Soldotna Airport (IATA: SXQ, ICAO: PASX, FAA LID: SXQ) is a city-owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district of Soldotna, Alaska.[1]

The airport covers an area of 426 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 113 feet (34 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 132 feet (1,524 x 40 m).[1]

History

On February 4, 1985, North Pacific Airlines Flight 1802, a Beechcraft BE65-A-80 Queen Air N50NP, on a regularly scheduled flight from Anchorage to Soldotna, crashed 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the airport while on approach to land. All nine on board (seven passengers and two flight crew) were killed.[2]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 15,050 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 80% general aviation, 20% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 47 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 2% multi-engine and 6% ultralight.[1]

On July 7, 2013, an air taxi crashed, killing all ten people on board.[3] The single-engine De Havilland Otter, registered to Rediske Air of nearby Nikiski, had a pilot and nine passengers aboard.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for SXQ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. ↑ (PDF) Aircraft Accident/Incident Summary Reports: Soldotna, Alaska - February 4, 1985; San Juan, Puerto Rico - June 21, 1985 (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. June 30, 1986. p. 1–9. http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-summaries/AAR86-01S.pdf. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
  3. ↑ "NTSB: 10 killed in Alaska plane crash". USA Today. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-08. 
  4. ↑ "10 killed in Soldotna plane crash". Peninsula Clarion. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-08. 
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