Koyukuk Airport
KYU · PFKU · Koyukuk, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Koyukuk Airport is a public-use airport in Koyukuk, Alaska, 149 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,000 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 170 takeoffs and landings a year. About 847 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Koyukuk Airport?
Its FAA code is KYU, and its ICAO code is PFKU.
Where is Koyukuk Airport?
It is in Koyukuk, Alaska, 149 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Koyukuk Airport?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,000 feet long, gravel.
Does Koyukuk Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Koyukuk Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Fairbanks International, Nulato, Edward G Pitka SR, Ruby, Kaltag. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Koyukuk Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA KYU · ICAO PFKU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 149 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees on the approach
- Runway 25: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Edward G Pitka SR Airport (22 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Edward G Pitka SR Airport (22 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Snow removal operations mnt the common traffic frequency.
- Activate PAPI runway 07; runway end identifier lights runway 07; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Plastic mkrs.
- Plastic mkrs.
- Soft when wet; ruts and grass entire length.
- Runway condition unmnt; rcmnd visual insp prior to landing.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -47C.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 399 departures from KYU in those twelve months, carrying 1,595 passengers in 3,237 seats (49% filled), to 8 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Koyukuk → Fairbanks International KYU–FAI | 133 | 502 | Wright Air Service, Tatonduk Outfitters..., Warbelow |
| Koyukuk → Nulato KYU–NUL | 128 | 514 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow |
| Koyukuk → Edward G Pitka SR KYU–GAL | 125 | 531 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow, Tatonduk Outfitters... and 1 more |
| Koyukuk → Ruby KYU–RBY | 5 | 25 | Wright Air Service, Warbelow |
| Koyukuk → Kaltag KYU–KAL | 4 | 10 | Wright Air Service, Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Koyukuk → Huslia KYU–HSL | 2 | 8 | Wright Air Service |
| Koyukuk → Ted Stevens Anchorage International KYU–ANC | 1 | 0 | Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Koyukuk → Nome KYU–OME | 1 | 5 | Fox Aircraft, LLC |
All 8 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 170, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 170 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Koyukuk from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Koyukuk, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 133 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Nulato (NUL) 128 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Edward G Pitka SR (GAL) 125 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Ruby (RBY) 5 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Warbelow
- Kaltag (KAL) 4 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service, Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Huslia (HSL) 2 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 1 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Nome (OME) 1 flights in twelve months · Fox Aircraft, LLC
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/KYU.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.