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Cape Sarichef Airport

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Cape Sarichef Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OwnerU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
LocationUnimak Island
Elevation AMSL291 ft / 89 m
Coordinates54°34′57″N 164°54′52″W / 54.58250°N 164.91444°W / 54.58250; -164.91444
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 1,900 579 Gravel
16/34 3,500 1,067 Gravel

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.

Cape Sarichef was named in 1816 by Russian explorer Otto von Kotzebue after Admiral Gavril Sarychev of the Imperial Russian Navy.

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

References

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