GAL

Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport

ICAO PAGA64.7362°N 156.9370°W154 ft / 47 mMedium airport
On the map
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Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domain · Commons

Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport (IATA: GAL, ICAO: PAGA) is a medium airport in Galena, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1947. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,000 ft (1,829 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 26 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1947–1947
SEP 1947
OpenedEdward G. Pitka Sr Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
08/26090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH6,000 ft1,829 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt
06/24090° / 270°
LENGTH2,600 ft793 mWIDTH50 ft15 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
26K
25K
26K
27K
26K
9K
17K
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Routes

6 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsWright Air Service 6Everts Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GAL. From the Wikipedia article “Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport” (revision of 16 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers26K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,350of 3,974 · #547 North America · #374 USLongest runway6,000 ft1,829 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,612of 29,823 · =1,310 North America · =1,036 USElevation154 ft47 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,138of 43,341 · =15,995 North America · =13,432 USAgeOpened 19472026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,942of 15,079 · =1,856 North America · =1,803 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
AWOSAWOS 3132.525
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR127.000
CTAFCTAF123.000
FSSFAIRBANKS RDO122.200
OPSGALENA OPS39.120
PMSVPMSV METRO134.500