# Hydaburg Seaplane Base (HYG / PAHY)

**Hydaburg Seaplane Base** (IATA: HYG, ICAO: PAHY) is a seaplane base in Hydaburg, Alaska, United States. It opened in Feb 1959. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, water. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 3 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pahy

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HYG / PAHY
- FAA: HYG
- Type: Seaplane base
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Hydaburg, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Feb 1959
- Elevation: 0 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 55.2052, -132.8303
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Passengers: 3 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydaburg_Seaplane_Base (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3084565
- Weather station: PAHY
- Ident: PAHY

## Timeline

- Feb 1959: Hydaburg Seaplane Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E/W | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 2,000 ft / 610 m | Water |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 53 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 45 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 62 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 40 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 25 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 18 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 12 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 4 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 6 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 3 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [WFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ke.md) Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base · United States · 47 mi / 75 km · Taquan Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from HYG, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- K3 [Taquan Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/taquan-air) · 1

## Nearby airports

- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · 28 mi / 44 km
- [KTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakt.md) Ketchikan International Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [ANN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pant.md) Annette Island Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [ZMT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/czmt.md) Masset Airport · 86 mi / 139 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 90 mi / 145 km

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #49

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Hydaburg Seaplane Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hydaburg_Seaplane_Base&oldid=1365150989), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pahy/data