Gustavus Airport


Gustavus Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in Gustavus, a city in the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 11,828 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 8,822 enplanements in 2009, and 9,996 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015-2019, which categorized it as a nonprimary commercial service airport based on 9,509 enplanements in 2014.

Facilities and aircraft

Gustavus Airport covers an area of 1,821 acres at an elevation of 35 feet above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 11/29 is 6,721 by 150 feet and 2/20 is 3,146 by 60 feet.
For the 12-month period ending May 30, 2010, the airport had 5,750 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 57% air taxi, 38% general aviation, 4% scheduled commercial, and 1% military. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, and 5% helicopter.

Fuel and FBO services

Aviation fuels are available 24/7 on the airport from Avfuel provider Gustavus Dray, Inc., serving private, corporate and military aircraft. FBO services also include ramp escort and aircraft lavatory service.
There are no landing or tie down fees. There is no charge for transient aircraft parking. There are four concrete hard-stands for larger jet aircraft over 12,500 lbs.

Airlines and destinations

Jet service is operated on a seasonal basis by Alaska Airlines with Boeing 737 aircraft.

Statistics

Top destinations

RankCityAirportPassengers
1Juneau, AKJuneau International Airport 7,000
2Anchorage, AKTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport 1,000