SYA

Eareckson Air Station

ICAO PASY52.7123°N 174.1140°E98 ft / 30 mMedium airport
On the map
Shemya Island-color
(US Air Force photo) · Public domain · Commons

Eareckson Air Station (IATA: SYA, ICAO: PASY) is a medium airport in Shemya, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jun 1943. It has one runway, 10,004 ft (3,049 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

2 events · 1943–1993
JUN 1943
OpenedEareckson Air Station opens.
06 APR 1993
DisasterChina Eastern Airlines Flight 583.2 killed

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
10/28 · LIT
LENGTH10,004 ft3,049 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway10,004 ft3,049 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,031of 29,823 · =220 North America · =170 USElevation98 ft30 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#36,991of 43,341 · #16,794 North America · #14,026 USAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 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

3 channels
ASOSASOS135.650
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR119.100
CTAFCTAF127.200