Hughes Airport (Alaska) Explained

Hughes Airport
Iata:HUS
Icao:PAHU
Faa:HUS
Type:Public
Owner:State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
City-Served:Hughes, Alaska
Elevation-F:299
Elevation-M:91
Coordinates:66.0392°N -154.2647°W
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Alaska
Pushpin Label:HUS
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:17/35
R1-Length-F:3,380
R1-Length-M:1,030
R1-Surface:Gravel
Stat1-Header:Enplanements (2007)
Stat1-Data:1,148
Stat2-Header:Aircraft operations (2005)
Stat2-Data:1,480
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] [2]

Hughes Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Hughes, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, this airport had 1,148 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, an increase of 1% from the 1,137 enplanements in 2006.

Facilities and aircraft

Hughes Airport has one runway (17/25) with a gravel surface measuring 3,380 by 100 feet (1,030 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,480 aircraft operations, an average of 123 per month: 74% air taxi, 25% general aviation and 1% military.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

See also

References

  1. , effective 2008-07-31.
  2. http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding Data

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