# Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (PSG / PAPG)

**Petersburg James A Johnson Airport** (IATA: PSG, ICAO: PAPG) is a medium airport in Petersburg, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jan 1964. It has one runway, 6,400 ft (1,951 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 105 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PSG / PAPG
- FAA: PSG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Petersburg, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jan 1964
- Elevation: 113 ft / 35 m
- Coordinates: 56.8017, -132.9450
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,400 ft / 1,951 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 104,904 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petersburg_James_A._Johnson_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2061631
- Weather station: PAPG · WMO 70386
- Ident: PAPG

## Timeline

- Jan 1964: Petersburg James A Johnson Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,400 ft / 1,951 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05619AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 92,192 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 95,160 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 99,627 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 109,260 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 110,818 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 73,854 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 96,044 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 107,080 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 111,220 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 110,077 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 104,904 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · United States · 31 mi / 50 km · Alaska Seaplanes, Alaska Airlines
- [KAE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kae.md) Kake Seaplane Base · United States · 40 mi / 64 km · Alaska Seaplanes
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · United States · 93 mi / 149 km · Alaska Seaplanes
- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · United States · 123 mi / 198 km · Alaska Seaplanes, Alaska Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- Alaska Seaplanes · 4
- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 105K (2025) | #1,795 of 3,974 | #404 in North America | #270 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,400 ft / 1,951 m | =4,176 of 29,858 | =1,081 in North America | =832 in US |
| Elevation | 113 ft / 35 m | #36,422 of 43,403 | #16,518 in North America | #13,831 in US |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =3,671 in North America | =3,589 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 125.800 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 118.000 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.500 |
| FSS | SITKA RDO | 122.350 |

## Nearby airports

- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [PAFE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafe.md) Kake Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [KLW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakw.md) Klawock Airport · 85 mi / 136 km
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · 93 mi / 149 km

## 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: “Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Petersburg_James_A._Johnson_Airport&oldid=1363071018), revision of 7 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/papg/data