YAK

Yakutat Airport

ICAO PAYA59.5087°N 139.6604°W40 ft / 12 mMedium airport
On the map
Yakutat Airport, Alaska, US
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domain · Commons

Yakutat Airport (IATA: YAK, ICAO: PAYA) is a medium airport in Yakutat, Alaska, United States. It opened in 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,732 ft (2,357 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 47 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
1940
OpenedYakutat Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Alaska Airlines Terminal
11/29135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH7,732 ft2,357 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
02/20045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH6,475 ft1,974 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2015–2025
54K
50K
54K
61K
60K
28K
43K
52K
55K
49K
47K
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Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YAK. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from YAK, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers47K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,112of 3,974 · #485 North America · #329 USLongest runway7,732 ft2,357 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,969of 29,823 · #629 North America · #470 USElevation40 ft12 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,813of 43,341 · =18,037 North America · =14,880 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 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