Hydaburg Seaplane Base

Hydaburg Seaplane Base
IATA: HYG – ICAO: PAHY – FAA LID: HYG
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region
Serves		Hydaburg, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates		55°12′23″N 132°49′42″W / 55.20639°N 132.82833°W / 55.20639; -132.82833
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
E/W	5,000	1,524	Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			1,000
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Hydaburg Seaplane Base (IATA: HYG, ICAO: PAHY, FAA LID: HYG) is a state-owned public-use seaplane base located in Hydaburg,^[1] a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled seaplane service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

Facilities and aircraft

Hydaburg Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated E/W which measures 5,000 by 2,000 feet (1,524 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,000 aircraft operations, an average of 83 per month: 50% air taxi and 50% general aviation.^[1]

Airlines and scheduled destinations

• Taquan Air (Ketchikan) ^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for HYG (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
2. ^ "Flight Schedule: Effective June 1 – September 12, 2009". Taquan Air. http://www.taquanair.com/pages/flights_6.1-9.12.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-13. ^{[dead link]}

• Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 6245) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
  • Order 2007-10-12: re-selecting Venture Travel, LLC, d/b/a Taquan Air Service (Taquan Air), to provide essential air service (EAS) at Hydaburg, Alaska, for the four-year period beginning November 1, 2007, at an annual subsidy rate of $86,755.
  • Order 2005-10-7: re-selecting Venture Travel, LLC, d/b/a Taquan Air, to provide essential air service at Hydaburg, Alaska, at the annual subsidy rate of $54,733 per year for the two-year period November 1, 2005, through October 31, 2007.

External links

• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for PAHY
  • ASN accident history for HYG
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker for PAHY
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAHY
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for HYG