Hughes Airport (Alaska)

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Coordinates: 66°02′28″N 154°15′47″W / 66.04111, -154.26306

Hughes Airport
IATA: HUS – ICAO: none – FAA: HUS
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Location		Hughes, Alaska
Elevation AMSL		289 ft / 88 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
17/35	3,400	1,036	Gravel
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			1,480
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Hughes Airport (IATA: HUS, FAA LID: HUS) is a state-owned public-use airport located one mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Hughes, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Hughes Airport has one runway (17/25) with a gravel surface measuring 3,400 x 100 ft. (1,036 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 1,480 aircraft operations, an average of 4 per day: 74% air taxi, 25% general aviation and 1% military.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hughes Airport at WikiMapia
• FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for HUS
  • ASN accident history for HUS
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for HUS