Owned by the State of Alaska, USA, the Pitka Airport is the shortened name of Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport. The airport is situated in the city of Galena, which lies in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska.
Pitka Airport, Alaska was the first in Galena, which is the largest city in Alaska. Pitka Airport has been coded as PAGA by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), while the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has assigned the code of GAL to it.
The key features of the Pitka Airport, Alaska can be listed as follows:
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The airport is open for civilians
The Pitka Airport, Alaska spreads over an area of 1250 acres
There are two runways in the airport one of which is paved with concrete and asphalt and measures 7250 feet in length. The other one is about 2800 feet long and is made of gravel
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- Pitka Airport does not provide any customs service
- An officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure is available at the airport, which makes it a suitable place for landing and take-off even for big aircrafts especially during bad weather of inadequate light
The Arctic Circle Air Service and the Frontier Flying Service are the two major airlines that operate at the Airport at Galena. The former offers flights to Fairbanks, for which, citation is required while the latter offers flights to Anchorage, Fairbanks, Huslia, Kaltag, Koyukuk, Nulato, and Ruby.
Situated on the northern bank of Yukon River, the city of Galena lies 45 miles east of Nulato and 270 air-miles to the west of Fairbanks. The place is abundant in salmon, moose, whitefish, and berries.
www.flightshotelstours.com provides detailed, online information on Pitka Airport, as well as on Flights to Galena and Flights to Alaska.
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