Unalaska Airport
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Coordinates | 53°53′56″N 166°32′42″W / 53.89889°N 166.54500°W | ||||||||||
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Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport (IATA: DUT, ICAO: PADU, FAA LID: DUT)[2] is a state-owned public-use airport in City of Unalaska,[1] on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located near the Bering Sea coast of Unalaska Island, 800 miles (1,300 km) southwest of Anchorage and 1,950 miles (3,140 km) from Seattle.
The official name of the City of Unalaska's port is
Scheduled commercial
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 28,234 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[9] 26,705 enplanements in 2009, and 26,711 in 2010.[10] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[11]
Facilities and aircraft
Unalaska Airport has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,500 by 100 feet (1,372 x 30 m).[1] There is a microwave landing system (MLS) approach.[1] The airport's runway is bordered on one side by a steep drop off into the ocean and the side of a hill on the other. Both ends drop off into open water.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 1,295 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per week: 85%
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
The following
Airlines | Destinations |
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Aleutian Airways | Anchorage[12] |
Grant Aviation | Akutan, Atka, Cold Bay, Nikolski, St. George, St. Paul[13] |
Ravn Alaska | Anchorage[14] |
Cargo
The following air carrier operates air cargo flights from the airport:
Airlines | Destinations |
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ACE Air Cargo | Anchorage, Cold Bay |
Incidents and accidents
- On October 17, 2019, PenAir flight 3296, a Saab 2000 turboprop operating from Anchorage to Unalaska and codeshared by Alaska Airlines, went off the runway on landing, killing one passenger.[15] All scheduled flights to Dutch Harbor were subsequently suspended, and Alaska Airlines said that it would not place its code on any Saab 2000 flights into Dutch Harbor until the airline reviewed the National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report.[16][17]
Media appearances
Unalaska Airport is the base for the "Dutch Harbor Approach" mission supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator X, as well as the "Aleutian Cargo Run" mission in the Deluxe Edition.
The airport has been featured in the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch.
See also
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 5, 2012.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: DUT / PADU - Unalaska, Alaska
- ^ "Welcome to the City of Unalaska". City of Unalaska. Retrieved 2006-08-18.
- ^ "House TRANSPORTATION Minute: HB 523-MADSEN AIRPORT AT DUTCH HARBOR". Alaska State Legislature, House of Representatives. 2002-04-23. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ "Sponsor Statement for CS HB 523: Madsen Airport in Unalaska". House and Senate Legislative Majorities for the 22nd Alaska State Legislature. 2002-04-25. Retrieved 2007-06-08.
- ^ "AirPac".
- ^ departedflights.com, April 2, 1995 Official Airline Guide (OAG), North American edition, Anchorage flight schedules
- ^ "Reeve Aleutian Airways Spring Schedule". Airline Timetable Images. May 4, 1975. Second page
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
- ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Aleutian Airways - News". 4 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
- ^ "Grant Schedule". (retrieved Sep 11, 2022)
- ^ "Route Map". Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ Joe Sutton (October 18, 2019). "One dead after a plane carrying a high school swim team goes off the runway in Alaska". CNN.com.
- ^ "Information involving PenAir Flight 3296 marketed by Alaska Airlines". Alaska Airlines Blog. October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ Zaz Hollander (October 22, 2019). "Regular air service suspended at Unalaska after fatal crash, stranding some travelers". Alaska Daily News.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- Topographic map from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for DUT, effective June 13, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for DUT
- AirNav airport information for PADU
- ASN accident history for DUT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PADU
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for DUT