- Unalaska Airport
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Unalaska Airport
Dutch Harbor Airport
Tom Madsen Airport
IATA: DUT – ICAO: PADU – FAA LID: DUT Location of airport in Alaska
DUTSummary Airport type Public Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Central Region Serves Unalaska, Alaska Location Amaknak Island Hub for PenAir Elevation AMSL 22 ft / 7 m Coordinates 53°54′00″N 166°32′37″W / 53.9°N 166.54361°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 3,900 1,189 Asphalt Statistics (2007) Aircraft operations 744 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Unalaska Airport (IATA: DUT, ICAO: PADU, FAA LID: DUT)[2] is a public airport in the City of Unalaska, on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located 50 miles (80 km) from the Great Circle route to the Orient on the Bering Sea coast of Unalaska Island, 800 miles (1,300 km) southwest of Anchorage and 1,950 miles (3,140 km) from Seattle.
The official name of the City of Unalaska's port is Dutch Harbor. That name is also applied to the portion of Unalaska on Amaknak Island, which is located across a bridge from the rest of the city on Unalaska Island.[3] Therefore the airport is sometimes referred to as Dutch Harbor Airport.
In 2002, the State of Alaska renamed it Tom Madsen Airport in honor of Charles Thomas Madsen Sr., a bush pilot who was killed in an airplane accident that year.[4][5] However, the Federal Aviation Administration still refers to it as Unalaska Airport.[1]
The airport's runway is bordered on one side by a steep drop off into the ocean and the side of a hill on the other. Both ends drop off into open water.
Scheduled commercial airline service is provided by PenAir, a code share partner of Alaska Airlines. At one point Alaska Airlines operated 737-200 Combi aircraft to the airport, but due to load restrictions due to the short runway and cancellations due to weather they contracted operating the service to PenAir in 2004.
Contents
Airlines and destinations
Airlines Destinations PenAir Akutan, Anchorage, Cold Bay, Nikolski, Sand Point Cargo
Airlines Destinations ACE Air Cargo Anchorage, Cold Bay Facilities and aircraft
Unalaska Airport has one runway designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,900 by 100 feet (1,189 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 744 aircraft operations, an average of 62 per month: 80% scheduled commercial, 13% air taxi and 7% general aviation.[1] There is a microwave landing system (MLS) approach.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for DUT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: DUT / PADU - Unalaska, Alaska
- ^ "Welcome to the City of Unalaska". City of Unalaska. http://www.unalaska-ak.us/. Retrieved 2006-08-18.
- ^ "House TRANSPORTATION Minute: HB 523-MADSEN AIRPORT AT DUTCH HARBOR". Alaska State Legislature, House of Representatives. 2002-04-23. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_single_minute.asp?session=22&beg_line=00244&end_line=00404&time=1311&date=20020423&comm=TRA&house=H. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ "Sponsor Statement for CS HB 523: Madsen Airport in Unalaska". Web Site of the House and Senate Legislative Majorities for the 22nd Alaska State Legislature. 2002-04-25. http://www.akrepublicans.org/pastlegs/22ndleg/spst/spsthb523.shtml. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for DUT, effective 20 October 2011
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PADU
- ASN accident history for DUT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PADU
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PADU
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for DUT
Categories:- Airports in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska
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