Fort Yukon Airport Explained

Fort Yukon Airport
Iata:FYU
Icao:PFYU
Faa:FYU
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
City-Served:Fort Yukon, Alaska
Elevation-F:438
Coordinates:66.5725°N -145.2464°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:FYU
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat-Year:2016
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2015)
Stat1-Data:8,350
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2017)
Stat2-Data:0
Stat3-Header:Passengers
Stat3-Data:12,479
Stat4-Header:Freight
Stat4-Data:1,586,000 lbs
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Source: Bureau of Transportation

Fort Yukon Airport [2] is a state-owned public-use airport located in the city of Fort Yukon, in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Fort Yukon Airport covers an area of 261acres and has one gravel runway (3/21) measuring 5,810 x 150 ft (1,771 x 46 m).

For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 8,350 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 60% air taxi, 37% general aviation and 3% military. There are 13 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine and 15% multi-engine.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics

Top domestic destinations: May 2019 - April 2020 [3]

! Rank! City! Airport! Passengers

align=right 1 Fairbanks, AKFairbanks International Airportalign=right 5,450
align=right 3 Venetie, AKVenetie Airportalign=right 230
align=right 2 Chalkyitsik, AKChalkyitsik Airportalign=right 300
align=right 4 Arctic Village, AKArctic Village Airportalign=right 110
align=right 5 Birch Creek, AKBirch Creek Airportalign=right 110

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 27, 2017.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G1.htm FAA Location Identifiers (Order 7350.7Z): Alaskan ICAO Identifiers
  3. Web site: Fort Yukon, AK: Fort Yukon(FYU) . . December 2016 . May 11, 2017 .