Pilot Station Airport

Pilot Station Airport
IATA: PQS – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 0AK
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves Pilot Station, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 305 ft / 93 m
Coordinates 61°56′04″N 162°53′58″W / 61.93444°N 162.89944°WCoordinates: 61°56′04″N 162°53′58″W / 61.93444°N 162.89944°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 2,541 774 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 700

Pilot Station Airport (IATA: PQS, FAA LID: 0AK) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Pilot Station, a city in the Wade Hampton Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Pilot Station Airport covers an area of 103 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 305 feet (93 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a 2,541 x 55 ft (774 x 17 m) gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2005, the airport had 700 aircraft operations, an average of 58 per month: 71% air taxi and 29% general aviation.[1]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

Airlines Destinations
Ravn Alaska Bethel[2]

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of PQS
(July 2010 - June 2011) [3]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Alaska Bethel, AK 2,000 Hageland

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for 0AK (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ↑ Era Alaska Timetable (PDF). Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=PQS&Airport_Name=Pilot%20Station,%20AK:%20Pilot%20Station&carrier=FACTS

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