FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 JUNE 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 25 July 2013 at 0901Z and 22 August 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) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply **NEW** | |
download (148KB) |
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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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 12-Aug-2013
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(UTC-8) | | Zulu
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| Morning civil twilight | | 03:38 | | 11:38 |
| Sunrise | | 05:05 | | 13:05 |
| Sunset | | 22:27 | | 06:27 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 23:54 | | 07:54 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 13-Aug-2013 03:09:40 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 12-Aug-2013 19:09:40 |
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| METAR |
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| PFYU | 130249Z 25005KT 10SM CLR 25/ A2996
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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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