Fort Yukon Airport

Fort Yukon Airport
IATA: FYU – ICAO: PFYU – FAA LID: FYU
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves	Fort Yukon, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	438 ft / 134 m
Coordinates	66°34′21″N 145°14′47″W / 66.57250°N 145.24639°WCoordinates: 66°34′21″N 145°14′47″W / 66.57250°N 145.24639°W
Map
FYU Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 5,000 1,524 Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 8,350
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Fort Yukon Airport (IATA: FYU, ICAO: PFYU, FAA LID: FYU)^[2] is a state owned, public use airport located in the city of Fort Yukon,^[1] in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Fort Yukon Airport covers an area of 261 acres (106 ha) and has one gravel runway (3/21) measuring 5,810 x 150 ft (1,771 x 46 m).^[1]

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.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Arctic Circle Air	Fairbanks [3]
Frontier Flying Service	Fairbanks[4]
Wright Air Service	Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Fairbanks, Venetie [5]

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of FYU
(July 2010 - June 2011) ^[6]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Fairbanks, AK	7,000	Arctic Circle, Frontier Flying
2	Venetie, AK	1,000	Wright

References

1. FAA Airport Master Record for FYU (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
2. FAA Location Identifiers (Order 7350.7Z): Alaskan ICAO Identifiers, published 15 March 152007
3. "Fairbanks Schedule". Arctic Circle Air. April 24, 2006.
4. "2007 Timetable" (PDF). Frontier Flying Service. Retrieved August 29, 2007.
5. "Flight Schedule". Wright Air Service. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
6. http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=FYU&Airport_Name=Fort%20Yukon,%20AK:%20Fort%20Yukon%20Airport&carrier=FACTS

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• FAA Terminal Procedures for FYU, effective November 10, 2016
• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for FYU at AirNav
  • Accident history for FYU at Aviation Safety Network
  • Airport Information and Live Flight Tracker for PFYU at FlightAware
  • Recent weather observations for PFYU at NOAA/NWS
  • Aeronautical chart for FYU at SkyVector