Pilot Station Airport

{{Infobox airport

| name = Pilot Station Airport

| image =

| IATA = PQS

| ICAO =

| FAA = 0AK

| type = Public

| owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region

| operator =

| city-served = Pilot Station, Alaska

| location =

| elevation-f = 473

| elevation-m = 144

| coordinates = {{coord|61|57|41|N|162|56|32|W|region:US_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| pushpin_map = USA Alaska

| pushpin_relief =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska

| pushpin_label = PQS

| r1-number = 4/22

| r1-length-f = 4000

| r1-length-m = 1219

| r1-surface = Gravel

| stat-year = 2022

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 700

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=0AK|use=PU|own=PU|site=50594.7*A}}, effective 2008-04-10

}}

Pilot Station Airport {{airport codes|PQS||0AK}} is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Pilot Station, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Pilot Station Airport covers an area of {{convert|103|acre|ha|lk=on}} at an elevation of 305 feet (93 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a 2,541 x 55 ft (774 x 17 m) gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 700 aircraft operations, an average of about 58 per month with 71% of that total being air taxi operations and 29% being general aviation.

Airlines and non-stop destinations

{{Update section|date=January 2022}}

=Passenger=

{{Airport destination list

| Grant Aviation | Bethel, Marshall

{{cite web

| url = http://www.flygrant.com

| title = Grant Schedule

| access-date = September 11, 2022

}}

| Ryan Air | Bethel, Marshall, St. Mary's

{{cite web

| url = https://ryanalaska.com/passenger/

| title = Ryan Air Schedule

| access-date = September 10, 2022

}}

}}

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

=Top destinations=

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|+ Busiest domestic routes out of PQS
(July 2010 - June 2011) {{cite web | url=http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=PQS&Airport_Name=Pilot%20Station,%20AK:%20Pilot%20Station&carrier=FACTS | title=BTS | Transtats }}

! Rank

! City

! Passengers

! Carriers

1

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Bethel, AK

| 2,000

| Hageland

See also

References

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