Eareckson Air Station

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Eareckson Air Station

IATA: SYA – ICAO: PASY
Summary
Airport type		Private
Operator		U.S. Air Force
Location		Shemya, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		97 ft / 30 m
Coordinates		52°42′44″N 174°06′49″E / 52.71222, 174.11361Coordinates: 52°42′44″N 174°06′49″E / 52.71222, 174.11361
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	10,000	3,048	Asphalt/Grooved

Eareckson Air Station (IATA: SYA, ICAO: PASY) is a military airbase located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. It was Shemya Army Air Base during World War II. Redesignated to Shemya Air Force Base on March 26, 1948, by Department of the Air Force General Order No. 10, it was later renamed Shemya Airport in 1954. It was again redesignated Shemya Air Force Station on January 1, 1959, by Department of the Air Force General Order No. 4 of January 20, 1959. The base was re-redesignated Shemya AFB in 1968. On May 19, 1993, it was renamed Eareckson Air Force Station in honor of Colonel William O. Eareckson, an Army Air Forces combat commander in the Aleutian Islands. The base was redesignated to Eareckson Air Station January 24, 1994.

During its lifetime, the installation has served as the host to many Defense Department "Cobra"-related projects including the Cobra Dane radar and Cobra Ball and other related RC-135 projects. Additionally, in August 1988, at least one Aries rocket was launched, relating to the Queen Match program, for anti-ballistic missile testing.^[1]

1 Facilities
2 Gallery
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Facilities

Eareckson Air Station has one runway:

Runway 10/28: 10,000 x 150 ft. (3,048 x 46 m.), Surface: Asphalt/Grooved, 28 is ILS equipped.

There is also an NDB, TACAN and a VOR on the island.

Two other runways on the west side of the island were constructed during World War II and have since been abandoned.

[edit] Gallery

Satellite image of Shemya Island	Shemy Island and Eareckson Air Station	A 1986 image of a TACAN antenna on Shemya. Since the island currently has a VORTAC, this standalone TACAN may have been augmented or removed.	Cobra Dane and its predecessor the AN/FPS-17.
Operation Kernel Potlatch '87, January 1987.