Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport

Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
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IATA: GALICAO: PAGAFAA LID: GAL
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Location Galena, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 153 ft / 47 m
Coordinates 64°44′10″N 156°56′15″W / 64.73611°N 156.9375°W / 64.73611; -156.9375
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 7,249 2,209 Asphalt/Concrete
6/24 2,786 849 Gravel
Statistics
Based aircraft 13
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport is located in Alaska
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Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport
Location of Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport, Alaska
Galena Airport was used by the USAF 317th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Elmendorf AFB as a forward-deployed Base to intercept Soviet aircraft intruding on United States airspace over the Bering Sea. This aircraft, Convair F-102A-70-CO Delta Dagger 56-1257, 1965. Aircraft was retired to MASDC as FJ0367 Mar 16, 1975. Converted to QF-102A, later to PQM-102B and later expended as an aerial target during the 1980s at Holloman AFB, New Mexico

Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (IATA: GALICAO: PAGAFAA LID: GAL) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Galena, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]

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Facilities

Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport covers an area of 1,250 acres (510 ha) which contains two runways: 7/25 with an asphalt/concrete pavement measuring 7,249 by 150 feet (2,209 x 46 m) and 6/24 with a gravel surface measuring 2,786 by 80 feet (849 x 24 m).[1]

The airport also sports a ski-jump takeoff ramp at one end and provisions for arresting gear (see picture, ski jump at 07 end) at the other, a leftover from the Cold War years as Galena Air Force Base, as tactical aircraft required more landing and takeoff space than was available on the runway.

Airlines and non-stop destinations

  • Arctic Circle Air (Fairbanks) [2]
  • Everts Air
  • Era Alaska Aviation (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Huslia, Kaltag, Koyukuk, Nulato, Ruby)[3]
  • Warbelow's Air Ventures

Top Destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of GAL
(June 2010 - May 2011) [4]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Alaska Fairbanks, AK 7,000 Arctic Circle, Era Alaska
2 Alaska Nulato, AK 2,000 Era Alaska
3 Alaska Kaltag, AK 1,000 Era Alaska

Military use

Galena Airport was used as a transport base during World War II, facilitating the transit of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union.

Galena Air Force Base was also used by the USAF during the Cold War as an interceptor base for aircraft patrolling the western areas of Alaska. It was closed in 1993, however the military airfield is maintained by a private contractor as a weather/emergency diversion airfield since Regular Air Force fighter-interceptor alert operations ended

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for GAL (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Fairbanks Schedule. Arctic Circle Air. 24 April 2006.
  3. ^ 2007 Timetable (PDF). Frontier Flying Service. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=GAL&Airport_Name=Galena,%20AK:%20Galena%20Airport&carrier=FACTS

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