Cape Sarichef Airport

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Cape Sarichef Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: PACS – FAA: 26AK
Summary
Airport type		Private
Owner		U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Location		Unimak Island
Elevation AMSL		291 ft / 89 m
Coordinates		54°34′57″N 164°54′52″W / 54.5825, -164.91444
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
6/24	1,900	579	Gravel
16/34	3,500	1,067	Gravel
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cape Sarichef Airport (ICAO: PACS, FAA LID: 26AK) was a small landing strip located on the western end of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was used to supply and support a United States Coast Guard LORAN station and U.S. Air Force DEW Line site during the Cold War.

It is now a private-use facility owned by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and managed by the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

[edit] Facilities

Cape Sarichef Airport has two runways:

• Runway 16/34: 3,500 x 120 ft. (1,067 x 37 m), Surface: Gravel
• Runway 6/24: 1,900 x 90 ft. (579 x 27 m), Surface: Gravel

[edit] References

1. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for 26AK (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15

[edit] External links

• Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Alaska)
• Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
• Cape Sarichef Airport at WikiMapia

• Resources for this airport:
  • Airport information for PACS at AirNav
  • Aeronautical chart for 26AK at SkyVector