# Yakutat Airport (YAK / PAYA)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YAK / PAYA
- FAA: YAK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Yakutat, Alaska, United States
- Opened: 1940
- Elevation: 40 ft / 12 m
- Coordinates: 59.5087, -139.6604
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,732 ft / 2,357 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 1 departure, 1 arrival
- Passengers: 47,421 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Yakutat
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakutat_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953843
- Weather station: PAYA · WMO 70361
- Ident: PAYA

## Timeline

- 1940: Yakutat Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 7,732 ft / 2,357 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |
| 02/20 | 6,475 ft / 1,974 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 045° / 225° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/01193AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 53,576 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 49,595 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 53,970 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 60,846 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 60,361 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 28,215 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 43,390 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 52,040 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 54,844 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 49,114 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 47,421 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from YAK, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (3)

- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · United States · 198 mi / 319 km · 13,351 passengers · Alaska Airlines
- [CDV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pacv.md) Merle K (Mudhole) Smith Airport · United States · 212 mi / 341 km · 10,177 passengers · Alaska Airlines
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 1,091 mi / 1,755 km · 169 passengers · Alaska Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 47K (2025) | #2,112 of 3,974 | #485 in North America | #329 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,732 ft / 2,357 m | #2,970 of 29,858 | #629 in North America | #470 in US |
| Elevation | 40 ft / 12 m | =39,872 of 43,403 | =18,046 in North America | =14,888 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [A68](https://dromopedia.com/airports/a68.md) Situk Airport · 6.1 mi / 9.8 km
- [A67](https://dromopedia.com/airports/a67.md) Harlequin Lake Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [A69](https://dromopedia.com/airports/a69.md) Tanis Mesa Airport · 44 mi / 72 km
- [3AK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k3ak.md) Dry Bay Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [A57](https://dromopedia.com/airports/a57.md) Alsek River Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [AK76](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak76.md) East Alsek River Airport · 51 mi / 83 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)
- [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/paya/data