Fort Yukon Airport

Airport

FYU

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	5,000	1,524	Gravel

Statistics (2016)

Aircraft operations (2015)	8,350
Based aircraft (2017)	0
Passengers	12,479
Freight	1,586,000 lbs

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]
Source: Bureau of Transportation^[2]

Fort Yukon Airport (IATA: FYU, ICAO: PFYU, FAA LID: FYU)^[3] is a state-owned public-use airport located in the city of Fort Yukon,^[1] in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities and aircraft

Fort Yukon Airport covers an area of 261 acres (106 ha) and has one gravel runway (3/21) measuring 5,810 x 150 ft (1,771 x 46 m).^[1]

For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 8,350 aircraft operations, an average of 22 per day: 60% air taxi, 37% general aviation and 3% military. There are 13 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine and 15% multi-engine.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service at this airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Everts Air	Fairbanks^[4]
Wright Air Service	Arctic Village, Birch Creek, Chalkyitsik, Fairbanks, Venetie^[5]

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

Statistics

Carrier shares: May 2019 – April 2020 ^[2]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Warbelows	670(5.33%)
Wright	11,430(91.19%)
Hageland	290(2.32%)
Tatonduk	15(1.16%)

Top domestic destinations: May 2019 - April 2020 ^[2]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	Fairbanks, AK	Fairbanks International Airport	5,450
3	Venetie, AK	Venetie Airport	230
2	Chalkyitsik, AK	Chalkyitsik Airport	300
4	Arctic Village, AK	Arctic Village Airport	110
5	Birch Creek, AK	Birch Creek Airport	110

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for FYU PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 27, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fort Yukon, AK: Fort Yukon(FYU)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
^ FAA Location Identifiers (Order 7350.7Z): Alaskan ICAO Identifiers Archived 2009-10-08 at the Wayback Machine, published 15 March 152007
^ "Passenger Schedules". Retrieved 20 December 2020.
^ "Timetable" (PDF). Wright Air Service. Retrieved December 20, 2020.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
FAA Terminal Procedures for FYU, effective June 13, 2024
Resources for this airport:
- Airport information for FYU at AirNav
- Accident history for FYU at Aviation Safety Network
- Airport Information and Live Flight Tracker for PFYU at FlightAware
- Recent weather observations for PFYU at NOAA/NWS
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for FYU at SkyVector