Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport ( IATA : SIT , ICAO : PASI , FAA LID : SIT ) is a state-owned, public-use airport located west of the central business district of Sitka , a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska .
14-557: [REDACTED] Look up Pasi , pasi , or hi:पासी in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pasi may refer to: Pasi (caste) , a Hindu caste of northern India Pasi (film) , a 1979 Tamil film Pasi (given name) Pasi (surname) , a surname of the Pasi community Pasi, Papua New Guinea , a settlement near the coast of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea Pasi language ,
28-585: A Finnish-made armoured personnel carrier (APC) Turuk Pasi , a Muslim community of Bihar, India Passi (disambiguation) Passy (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pasi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pasi&oldid=1242588366 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
42-837: A Sepik language of Papua New Guinea Pasi, a subgroup of the Adi people of the Eastern Himalayas Pasi, a variety of the Sino-Tibetan Adi language PASI, ICAO code for the Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport , in Sitka, Alaska See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Pasi Patria Pasi , a Finnish-made armoured personnel carrier (APC) Turuk Pasi , a Muslim community of Bihar, India Passi (disambiguation) Passy (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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70-495: Is a single paved runway located on a causeway that juts off Japonski Island . Deceased tuberculosis patients from the nearby SEARHC/Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital were buried on airport grounds and had to be relocated during construction. That section of the airport is still unofficially called The Mausoleum. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 68,197 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 62,498 enplanements in 2009, and 64,536 in 2010. It
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98-419: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport The airport is named after Sitka's former mayor Rocky Gutierrez . It features a single terminal with jetway with air service operated year-round by Alaska Airlines and seasonally by Delta Air Lines regional affiliate Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines . There
112-505: Is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015-2019, which categorized it as a primary commercial service (nonhub) airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year) based on 68,222 enplanements in 2012. Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport resides at elevation of 26 feet (8 m) above mean sea level . It has one runway designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,200 by 150 feet (2,195 x 46 m). For
126-489: The Civil Air Patrol , and various private enterprises. U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka also has a complex attached to the airport for their helicopters but their rotary-wing aircraft based in Sitka seldom use the runway for takeoffs and landings. Safety hazards include ocean waves washing onto the runway during storms, high winds because of its exposed location, and large flocks of birds that live very close to
140-409: The 12-month period ending January 2, 2011, the airport had 23,100 aircraft operations, an average of 63 per day: 43% air taxi , 43% general aviation , 8% scheduled commercial , and 6% military . At that time there were 30 aircraft based at this airport: 70% single- engine , 13% ultralight , 10% military , and 7% multi-engine. The airport also has hangars and offices for local air traffic control,
154-515: The airport before switching to later model Boeing 737 jetliners. In 1986, Anchorage-based AirPac was operating jet service into the airport with a British Aerospace BAe 146-100 aircraft flying a round trip routing of Seattle - Sitka - Anchorage. Alaska Airlines operates Boeing 737-700 , 737-800 , and Boeing 737-900 jetliners while Delta Connection did fly the Canadair CRJ-700 regional jet operated by SkyWest, but starting with
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#1732772209635168-502: The airport. Due to these hazards, the airport is listed by airfarewatchdog.com as one of the ten most thrilling landing experiences in the world. Alaska Airlines has served Sitka for over 50 years. In 1967, Alaska Air was operating Boeing 727-100 jet service into the airport on a round trip routing of Seattle - Sitka - Anchorage - Unalakleet - Nome - Kotzebue and was also flying Convair 240 propliner service nonstop to Juneau . By 1969, Alaska Air had added several stops on
182-426: The route between Seattle and Alaska, and was operating a Boeing 727-100 jetliner on a round trip routing of Seattle - Sitka - Juneau - Yakutat - Cordova - Anchorage - Unalakleet - Nome - Kotzebue in addition to operating Convair 240 service on a round trip routing of Annette Island Airport - Wrangell - Petersburg - Sitka - Juneau. Over the years, Alaska Air also operated Boeing 727-200 and 737-200 jets into
196-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pasi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pasi&oldid=1242588366 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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