Pilot Station Airport
IATA: PQS ICAO: none FAA LID: 0AK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
Serves	Pilot Station, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	473 ft / 144 m
Coordinates	61°57′41″N 162°56′32″W / 61.96139°N 162.94222°W / 61.96139; -162.94222
Map
PQS Location of airport in Alaska
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 4,000 1,219 Gravel
Statistics (2022)
Aircraft operations 700
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Pilot Station Airport (IATA: PQS, FAA LID: 0AK) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Pilot Station, a city in the Kusilvak Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Pilot Station Airport covers an area of 103 acres (42 ha) at an elevation of 305 feet (93 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with a 2,541 x 55 ft (774 x 17 m) gravel surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 700 aircraft operations, an average of about 58 per month with 71% of that total being air taxi operations and 29% being general aviation.^[1]

Airlines and non-stop destinations

Passenger

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Top destinations

Busiest domestic routes out of PQS
(July 2010 - June 2011) ^[4]

Rank	City	Passengers	Carriers
1	Bethel, AK	2,000	Hageland