Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport
SIT · PASI · Sitka, Alaska · Sitka County · map
Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport is a public-use airport in Sitka, Alaska, 26 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 7,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now PASI · observed 12:53 pm AKDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the south (170°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 900 feet, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, overcast at 6,000 feet
- Weather: mist
- Temperature 53°F (12°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 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 southeast at 7 knots, visibility 6 miles, light rain showers, mist, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet MVFR
- At times between Tue 1:00 pm AKDT (21:00 UTC) and 4:00 pm AKDT (00:00 UTC): visibility 4 miles, light rain showers MVFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm AKDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, overcast at 3,500 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 am AKDT (09:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PASI 062053Z 17007KT 9SM BR FEW009 BKN025 OVC060 12/08 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP145 60002 T01170083 52022 $
TAF PASI 061724Z 0618/0718 14007KT 6SM -SHRA BR BKN025 OVC050 TEMPO 0621/0624 4SM -SHRA FM070200 16007KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 OVC035 FM070900 12006KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 OVC050
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 SIT · ICAO PASI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 26 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 7,200 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: LDA with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 200 ft, 6,500 ft available for landing, tree 57 ft high 2,700 ft from the end
- Runway 29: VASI, four boxes on the right, threshold displaced 180 ft, 6,500 ft available for landing, tree 112 ft high 2,240 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Sit and flight Service · Sitka and rco | 123.6 | Sitka |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Sit and flight Service · Sitka and rco | 121.5 | Sitka |
| Sit and flight Service · Sitka and rco | 122.2 | Sitka |
| Biorka Island Center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.1 | |
| Sit and automated weather (ASOS) · Sit and flight Service | 135.9 | Sitka · Afis frequency 135.9. |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-966-2209.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Sitka from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Sitka, Alaska: 44 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 3 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
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) available durg schedule air carrier operations. Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats except 24 hour prior permission required in writing - amgr 605 airport road Sitka AK 99835.
- Locked wheel turns NA. safety area armor rock middle 1600 feet south side.
- Runway 29 VASI does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 3.0 NM from threshold.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Sitka weather 10:00 pm to 6:00 am - 966-2913 or 122.45.
- Transient parking west side of apron only.
- Paja to runway, taxiway or parking apron NA.
- Arrival contact Sitka air 10 minimum prior to landing - 121.05, 345.0 or Flight Service.
- Airport sand lrgr gradation than FAA recommended/see AC150/5200-30.
- Maintenance duty hour 5:00 am to 11:00 pm; snow removal, wildlife control, condition rprt and otr maintenance available; aft hour - amgr.
- General aviation portion pcn 13/F/B/Y/T; north most section of facility.
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.