FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | FYU |
| Lat/Long: | 66-34-20.7000N / 145-14-46.8000W
66-34.345000N / 145-14.780000W
66.5724167 / -145.2463333
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 447.2 ft. / 136.3 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 25E (2005) |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time) |
| Zip code: | 99740 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 09/1947 |
| Sectional chart: | FAIRBANKS |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0137] |
| NOTAMs facility: | FYU (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RY 04/22 & VASI RYS 04 & 22 & MALSF RY 22 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
| International operations: | customs landing rights airport |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 122.5 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 125.8 (907-662-2337) |
- APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 135.0/225.4 (FORT YUKON RCAG).COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY FAIRBANKS FSS ON FREQ 122.10 (FORT YUKON RCO).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
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| FYU at field | | FORT YUKON VORTAC | | 114.40 | | 25E |
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
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| YUKON RIVER | | at field | | 242 | | 25E | | FTO | ..-. - --- |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 4/22
| Dimensions: | 5000 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 4 | | RUNWAY 22 |
| Latitude: | 66-34.141417N | | 66-34.547365N |
| Longitude: | 145-15.674867W | | 145-13.884907W |
| Elevation: | 447.2 ft. | | 447.1 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 035 magnetic, 060 true | | 215 magnetic, 240 true |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Approach lights: | | | MALSF: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with sequenced flashers |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | ST OF AK DOT/PF N REG
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200 |
| Manager: | JEREMY WORRALL
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-5230 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft operations: avg 23/day * | | 60% | air taxi | | 30% | local general aviation | | 7% | transient general aviation | | 3% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 01 January 2006 | |
Additional Remarks
| - | FLOAT PLANE OPERATORS ARE ADVISED NOT TO CROSS RY 04/22. KEEP ALL TRAFFIC PATTERNS FOR HOSPITAL LAKE NW OF ARPT. |
| - | WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
| - | TO ASSIST IN DUST CTL MGMT REQS DEPS FR RY 4 COMMENCE AT DSPLCD THLD. |
| - | LINE OF SIGHT MAY BE NONEXISTENT BTN WATERLANE & THLDS ON RY 04/22 DEPENDING ON POSITION ON WATERLANE. MONITOR CTAF ESPECIALLY BEFORE MAKING DEPARTURES. |
| - | SNOW REMOVAL OPERATIONS DURING WINTER--MONITOR CTAF. |
| - | RY COND NOT MONITORED; RCMD VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LNDG. |
| - | SUAIS - 125.3 (1-800-758-8723). |
| - | WX OBSERVER AVBL FOR LOCAL ARPT WX ON CTAF (CALL SIGN: FORT YUKON WEATHER) PHONE 907-662-2948 FM 0700-1900. |
| - | LARGE CONCENTRATION OF BIRDS INVOF LANDFILL LOCATED 1/4 MILE NW OF RY. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 04 | |
download (241KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 22 | |
download (254KB) |
| VOR/DME OR TACAN RWY 22 | |
download (233KB) |
| VOR/DME OR TACAN-A | |
download (196KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PACI - Chalkyitsik Airport (36 nm E)
PAVE - Venetie Airport (37 nm NW)
PAWB - Beaver Airport (53 nm W)
PARC - Arctic Village Airport (93 nm N)
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| Aerial photo |
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WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Blaine E. Fisher
Photo taken 31-Aug-2010
looking south.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Fort Yukon Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 17-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | + | | + |
| Sunrise | | 03:45 | | 11:45 |
| Sunset | | 23:30 | | 07:30 |
| Evening civil twilight | | + | | + |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 06:26:45 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 17-May-2013 22:26:45 |
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| METAR |
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| PFYU | 180556Z 26007G15KT 1 3/4SM SCT006 OVC020 M01/M03 A2953 RMK AO1 10080 21010 52017
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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