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Therefore, the airport is sometimes referred to as Dutch Harbor Airport. In 2002, the State of Alaska renamed it Tom Madsen Airport in honor of Charles Thomas Madsen Sr., a bush pilot who was killed in an airplane accident that year. [4] [5] However, the Federal Aviation Administration still refers to it as Unalaska Airport. [1]
This is a list of airports in Alaska (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Akutan Airport [2] (IATA: KQA [3], ICAO: PAUT [4], FAA LID: 7AK) is a state-owned public-use airport serving Akutan, [1] a city on Akutan Island in the Aleutians East Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is located on Akun Island, 6 miles (10 km) east of Akutan Island.
Dutch Harbor is a harbor on Amaknak Island in Unalaska, Alaska. It was the location of the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June, 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked it just seven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii .
Satellite view of Dutch Harbor. The port of Unalaska / Dutch Harbor is the main port and field base for the storied Bering Sea king crab fishery. The Dutch Harbor crabbing fleet is featured in the television show Deadliest Catch, a documentary style show on the Discovery Channel, and Dutch Harbor's facilities and local pub are featured ...
PAAM – Driftwood Bay Air Force Station Airfield (FAA: AK23) – Dutch Harbor, Alaska; PAAN – Gold King Creek Airport (FAA: AK7) – Fairbanks, Alaska; PAAP (PTD) – Port Alexander Seaplane Base (FAA: AHP) – Port Alexander, Alaska; PAAQ (PAQ) – Palmer Municipal Airport – Palmer, Alaska
Atka Airport (IATA: AKB, ICAO: PAAK, FAA LID: AKA, formerly 40A) is a state-owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Atka, [1] a city on Atka Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled commercial airline passenger service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
On October 17, 2019, PenAir Flight 3296, a Saab 2000 (N686PA) on a scheduled flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Unalaska, Alaska, went off the runway after landing at the Unalaska Airport, teetering over a bank toward a nearby body of water. The left propeller was destroyed and at least part of one blade entered the passenger cabin.