Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport
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IATA: SIT – ICAO: PASI – FAA LID: SIT
 SIT
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | State of Alaska DOT&PF | ||
| Location | Sitka, Alaska | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6.4 m | ||
| Coordinates | 57°02′50″N 135°21′42″W / 57.04722°N 135.36167°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 11/29 | 6,500 | 1,981 | Asphalt |
| Statistics | |||
| Aircraft Operations | 22,995 | ||
Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (IATA: SIT, ICAO: PASI, FAA LID: SIT) is a public airport owned and operated by the State of Alaska located on Japonski Island in southwestern Sitka, Alaska, U.S.
The airport is named after Sitka's former mayor Rocky Gutierrez. It features a single terminal with a jetway for the sole jet service provider, Alaska Airlines. There is a single runway on a paved causeway that juts off Japonski Island. Deceased tuberculosis patients from the nearby SEARHC/Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital were buried on airport grounds and had to be relocated during construction. That section of the airport is still unofficially called The Mausoleum.
The airport also has hangars for air traffic control, Civil Air Patrol, and private enterprises. Coast Guard Air Station Sitka also has a complex attached to the airport for their helicopters but the installation almost never uses runway space for their operations.
Safety hazards include boulders from the causeway washing onto the runway during storms, high winds because of its exposed location, and large flocks of birds that live very close to the airport. Due to these hazards, the airport is listed by airfarewatchdog.com as one of the ten most thrilling landing experiences in the world.[1]
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[edit] Airlines and destination
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alaska Airlines | Juneau, Ketchikan Seasonal: Seattle/Tacoma |
[edit] Top Destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Seattle, WA |
27,000 | Alaska |
| 2 |  Juneau, AK |
20,000 | Alaska |
| 3 | Anchorage, AK |
13,000 | Alaska |
| 4 | Ketchikan, AK |
3,000 | Alaska |
[edit] Media appearances
- Sitka Rocky Guttierrez Airport is the destination in the mission "Sitka Approach" supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
- Sitka Rocky Guttierrez Airport is featured in the film The Proposal.
[edit] References
- ^ "Sitka Airport Big Thriller?" (in English). Sitka Sentinel (Sitka, Alaska: Vestovia Corp.). 1 July 2011. http://sitkasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3634&Itemid=60. Retrieved 4 July 2011. (subscription required)
- ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=SIT&Airport_Name=Sitka,%20AK:%20Sitka%20Harbor%20Sea%20Plane%20Base&carrier=FACTS
[edit] General references
- FAA Airport Master Record for SIT (Form 5010 PDF)
- Great Circle Mapper: SIT/PASI - Sitka, Alaska (Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport)
[edit] External links
- Alaska FAA airport diagram (GIF)
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PASI
- ASN accident history for SIT
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PASI
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for SIT
