Skagway Airport
SGY · PAGY · Skagway, Alaska · Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon County · map
Skagway Airport is a public-use airport in Skagway, Alaska, 44 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,550 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now PAGY · observed 12:53 pm AKDT (20:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 18 knots, gusting to 27
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 5,500 feet, a broken layer at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 51°F (11°C), dew point 44°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:24 am AKDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 19 knots, gusting to 28, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm AKDT (04:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 15 knots, gusting to 25, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, a few clouds at 3,000 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am AKDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 10 knots, gusting to 17, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am AKDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, overcast at 4,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAGY 062053Z AUTO 20018G27KT 10SM BKN055 BKN065 11/07 A2981 RMK AO2 PK WND 21029/2003 RAB24E38 SLP094 P0000 60009 T01060067 53004 TSNO $
TAF PAGY 061724Z 0618/0718 21019G28KT P6SM -SHRA OVC050 FM070400 21015G25KT P6SM -SHRA FEW030 OVC050 FM071200 21010G17KT P6SM -SHRA SCT030 OVC050 FM071500 21006KT P6SM SCT030 OVC045 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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 SGY · ICAO PAGY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 44 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 29E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,550 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: trees 96 ft high 620 ft from the end
- Runway 20: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 80 ft high 551 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Skagway and rco | 122.4 | Skagway |
| Sgy and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.8 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-983-3194.
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 Skagway from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Skagway, Alaska: 5 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 · 3 since 1982, 2 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 runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Alert: see genot for runway 02 departure information and enr the common traffic frequency frequencies. Departure required high per climb due to trrn. Departure may dogleg east bfr turn crosswind to incr altitude; mntn runway hdg at least 1/2 MI bfr dogleg to avoid school and playground.
- Approach in nrw canyon; turb and high obstructions. School and playground in the vicinity of approach end.
- Non-standard omnidirectional.
- Non-standard omnidirectional.
- Airport condition unmnt; maintenance ireg; rcmnd visual insp prior to use.
- Birds and bears in the vicinity of airport.
- Juneau Flight Service fone in fuel area.
- Light aircraft and helicopter traffic june 1 - sep 15 - information amgr.
- Aircraft ovr 12500 LB gross weight NA except prior permission required in writing - amgr.
- Paja to runway, taxiway and parking apron NA.
- Recommended daylight operations only.
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.