Tanacross Airport

Tanacross Airport
Tanacross Air Base
IATA: TSG – ICAO: none – FAA LID: TSG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Bureau of Land Management
Serves Tanacross, Alaska
Built 1943
Elevation AMSL 1,549 ft / 472 m
Coordinates 63°22′28″N 143°20′08″W / 63.37444°N 143.33556°WCoordinates: 63°22′28″N 143°20′08″W / 63.37444°N 143.33556°W
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TSG

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,100 1,554 Asphalt
12/30 5,000 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 800

Tanacross Airport (IATA: TSG, FAA LID: TSG) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) south of the central business district of Tanacross, in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the Bureau of Land Management.[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 80 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 32 enplanements in 2009, and 97 in 2010.[3]

This general aviation airport is located 166 miles (267 km) southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Tanacross Airport has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 5,100 by 150 feet (1,554 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 5,000 by 150 feet (1,524 x 46 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 800 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 66 per month.[1]

History

Constructed 1943, activated September 20 by Air Transport Command as Station #16, Alaskan Wing, later 1464th AAFBU. Alaskan Division, ATC. It was auxiliary to Ladd Army Airfield for Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft. The facility was designated Tanacross Air Base in July 1944. Its mission was servicing Northwest Staging Route Lend-Lease aircraft from United States. The facility was transferred to Eleventh Air Force, then to Alaskan Air Command in 1945 and closed; it was turned over to War Assets Administration for disposition in 1946. [4]

Jurisdiction transferred to private ownership in 1947. One of the hangars at the site later became the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for TSG (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.
  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). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  4. ↑  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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