Cape Sarichef Airport
Appearance
Cape Sarichef Airport | |||||||||||||||
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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 / 54.58250°N 164.91444°W | ||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for 26AK PDF, retrieved 2007-03-15
External links
- Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Alaska)
- Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
- Template:Wikimapia
- Resources for this airport:
- Airport information for PACS at AirNav
- Aeronautical chart and airport information for 26AK at SkyVector