Edward G Pitka SR Airport
GAL · PAGA · Galena, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Edward G Pitka SR Airport is a public-use airport in Galena, Alaska, 154 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A). The FAA counts about 19,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12,091 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PAGA · observed 1:56 pm AKDT (21:56 UTC), 57 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 1,800 feet
- Temperature 34°F (1°C), dew point 22°F (-6°C)
- Altimeter 29.82 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:22 am AKDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, overcast at 3,500 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm AKDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 2 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am AKDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAGA 062156Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM OVC018 01/M06 A2982 RMK AO2 SLP099 T00111056 FZRANO TSNO
TAF PAGA 061722Z 0618/0718 36005KT P6SM SCT015 OVC035 FM070600 05002KT P6SM BKN050 FM071600 13005KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GAL · ICAO PAGA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 154 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to April, Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 6,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06/24 | 2,600 × 50 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 400 ft, 5,600 ft available for landing
- Runway 26: threshold displaced 800 ft, 5,200 ft available for landing, road 33 ft high 447 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.0 | |
| Galena and rco | 121.5 | Galena |
| Galena and rco | 122.2 | Galena · Communications provided by fairbanks Flight Service on frequency 122.2 (Galena rco). |
| Galena and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.0 | |
| Gal and aWOS-3P | 132.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-656-2483.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Galena from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Galena, Alaska: 11 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Located fairbanks.
- WS psbl below 2000 feet on fnl.
- Maintenance hours 8:00 am to 4:00 pm MON-FRI except holidays.
- Hazus rprtg durg duty hour unless prior arngmt in writing - amgr, PO box 09, Galena AK 99741.
- Snow removal operations - monitor the common traffic frequency.
- Aircraft may be closer to landing surface than it appears.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.