# Pilot Station Airport (PQS / PAAC)

**Pilot Station Airport** (IATA: PQS, ICAO: PAAC) is a small airport in Pilot Station, Alaska, United States. It opened in Dec 1966. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8450

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PQS / PAAC
- FAA: 0AK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Pilot Station, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Dec 1966
- Elevation: 473 ft / 144 m
- Coordinates: 61.9617, -162.9419
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Passengers: 11,235 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_Station_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4342260
- Weather station: PASM
- Ident: US-8450

## Timeline

- Dec 1966: Pilot Station Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 057° / 237° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 13,210 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 14,204 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,118 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 9,234 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 8,769 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,790 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 4,745 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 7,415 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 8,323 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 8,835 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 11,235 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [MLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/padm.md) Marshall Don Hunter Sr Airport · United States · 30 mi / 49 km · Grant Aviation
- [BET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabe.md) Bethel Airport · United States · 89 mi / 144 km · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2025) | #2,639 of 3,974 | #638 in North America | #442 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 473 ft / 144 m | =27,623 of 43,403 | =13,128 in North America | =10,989 in US |
| Age | Opened 1966 | =5,606 of 15,079 | =3,958 in North America | =3,871 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KSM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasm.md) St Mary's Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [MOU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamo.md) Mountain Village Airport · 26 mi / 41 km
- [MLL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/padm.md) Marshall Don Hunter Sr Airport · 31 mi / 49 km
- [9AK2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9ak2.md) Kako Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [RSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pars.md) Russian Mission Airport · 54 mi / 88 km
- [SXP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sxp.md) Nunam Iqua Airport · 72 mi / 117 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: “Pilot Station Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pilot_Station_Airport&oldid=1364611311), revision of 17 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/us-8450/data