Hughes Airport (Alaska)

Hughes Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves Hughes, Alaska
Elevation AMSL 299 ft / 91 m
Coordinates 66°02′21″N 154°15′53″W / 66.03917°N 154.26472°W / 66.03917; -154.26472Coordinates: 66°02′21″N 154°15′53″W / 66.03917°N 154.26472°W / 66.03917; -154.26472
Map
HUS
Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 3,380 1,030 Gravel
Statistics
Enplanements (2007) 1,148
Aircraft operations (2005) 1,480

Hughes Airport (IATA: HUS[3], ICAO: PAHU[4], FAA LID: HUS) 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Arctic Circle Air Fairbanks [5]
Wright Air Service Fairbanks, Tanana [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for HUS (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-07-31.
  2. 1 2 Preliminary CY 2007 Passenger Boarding Data. Federal Aviation Administration. 2008-07-17.
  3. ↑ HUS: Hughes Airport, Alaska. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  4. ↑ PAHU: Hughes Airport, Alaska. AirNav.com. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Fairbanks Schedule". Arctic Circle Air. April 24, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Flight Schedule". Wright Air Service. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
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