Hydaburg Seaplane Base (IATA: HYG, ICAO: PAHY, FAA LID: HYG) is a state owned, public use seaplane base located in Hydaburg,[1] a city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Alaska DOT&PF - Southeast Region | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hydaburg, Alaska | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 0 ft / 0 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°12′23″N 132°49′42″W / 55.20639°N 132.82833°W | ||||||||||
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Facilities and aircraft
Hydaburg Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated E/W with a water surface measuring 5,000 by 2,000 feet (1,524 x 610 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 1,000 aircraft operations, an average of 83 per month: 50% air taxi and 50% general aviation.[1]
Airlines and destinations
The following airline service is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program.[3]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Taquan Air | Ketchikan Harbor[3][4] |
See also
References
Other sources
- Essential Air Service documents (Docket DOT-OST-1999-6245) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Order 2005-10-7 (October 11, 2005): re-selecting Venture Travel, LLC, d/b/a Taquan Air, to provide essential air service at Hydaburg, Alaska, at the annual subsidy rate of $54,733 per year for the two-year period November 1, 2005, through October 31, 2007.
- Order 2007-10-12 (October 11, 2007): re-selecting Venture Travel, LLC, d/b/a Taquan Air Service, to provide essential air service (EAS) at Hydaburg, Alaska, for the four-year period beginning November 1, 2007, at an annual subsidy rate of $86,755.
- Order 2011-7-12 (July 27, 2011): re-selecting Venture Travel, LLC, operating as Taquan Air Service (Taquan Air), to provide essential air service (EAS) at Hydaburg, Alaska. Taquan Air will provide three weekly nonstop round trips to Ketchikan using 6-seat de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft for a four-year contract period beginning November 1, 2011, through October 31, 2015, for an annual subsidy of $151,773.
External links
- Taquan Air Archived 2017-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Topographic map from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HYG
- AirNav airport information for PAHY
- ASN accident history for HYG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAHY
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for HYG
