Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport (IATA: PSG, ICAO: PAPG, FAA LID: PSG) is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Petersburg, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska that has no road access to the outside world.[1] Airline service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Petersburg, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 113 ft / 34 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 56°48′05″N 132°56′46″W / 56.80139°N 132.94611°W | ||||||||||
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PSG Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 19,901 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[2] 17,988 enplanements in 2009, and 18,468 in 2010.[3] It 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 18,800 enplanements in 2012.[4]
Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,400 by 150 feet (1,951 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 1, 2017, the airport had 13,492 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 15% general aviation, 74% air taxi, 10% scheduled commercial, and <1% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 10 single-engine, 1 multi-engine, and 1 helicopter.[1]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Alaska Airlines | Juneau, Wrangell |
Alaska Seaplanes | Juneau, Kake, Sitka, Wrangell[5] |
Alaska Airlines operates daily Boeing 737-700 passenger and formerly operated Boeing 737-400 passenger/cargo Combi aircraft jet service from the airport.[6]
Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
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1 | Juneau, AK | 12,000 | Alaska |
2 | Seattle/Tacoma, WA | 4,000 | Alaska |
3 | Anchorage, AK | 3,000 | Alaska |
4 | Ketchikan, AK | 2,000 | Alaska |
5 | Wrangell, AK | 390 | Alaska |