Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport Explained
| Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport |
| Iata: | PSG |
| Icao: | PAPG |
| Faa: | PSG |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region |
| City-Served: | Petersburg, Alaska |
| Elevation-F: | 113 |
| Elevation-M: | 34 |
| Coordinates: | 56.8014°N -132.9461°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alaska |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alaska |
| Pushpin Label: | PSG |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| R1-Number: | 5/23 |
| R1-Length-F: | 6,400 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,951 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2017 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (year ending 12/1/2017) |
| Stat1-Data: | 13,492 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 12 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Petersburg, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska that has no road access to the outside world. Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 19,901 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 17,988 enplanements in 2009, and 18,468 in 2010.[3] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 18,800 enplanements in 2012.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,400 by 150 feet (1,951 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 1, 2017, the airport had 13,492 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 15% general aviation, 74% air taxi, 10% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
Alaska Airlines operates daily Boeing 737-700 passenger and formerly operated Boeing 737-400 passenger/cargo Combi aircraft jet service from the airport.[5]
Top destinations
See also
Other sources
- Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1998-4899) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Order 2004-5-5 (May 4, 2004): tentatively reselects Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from October 1, 2003, through April 30, 2006, at an annual rate of $5,723,008.
- Order 2006-3-20 (March 22, 2006): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat (southeast) Alaska, for the period from May 1, 2006, through April 30, 2009.
- Order 2009-2-3 (February 9, 2009): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $5,793,201 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $1,347,195, through April 30, 2011.
- Order 2011-2-1 (February 1, 2011): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide essential air service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, for an annual subsidy rate of $4,486,951 and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,415,987, from May 1, 2011, through April 30, 2013.
- Order 2013-2-10 (February 11, 2013): re-selecting Alaska Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Cordova, Gustavus, and Yakutat, Alaska, for $4,827,052 annual subsidy and at Petersburg and Wrangell at an annual subsidy rate of $3,476,579, from May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2015.
External links
Notes and References
- . Federal Aviation Administration. effective September 7, 2023.
- Web site: Enplanements for CY 2008 . PDF, 1.0 MB . CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . December 18, 2009 .
- Web site: Enplanements for CY 2010 . PDF, 189 KB . CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2011 .
- Web site: Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Estimate . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Report . Federal Aviation Administration . May 23, 2016 .
- http://www.alaskaair.com, Alaska Airlines system timetable
- Web site: RITA BTS Transtats. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130316011811/http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=PSG&Airport_Name=Petersburg,%20AK:%20Petersburg%20Sea%20Plane%20Base&carrier=FACTS . 2013-03-16 .
