Chuathbaluk Airport

Airport

CHU

Location of airport in Alaska

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	3,401	1,037	Gravel/dirt

Statistics (2015)

Based aircraft	0
Passengers	412
Freight	96,000 lbs

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Chuathbaluk Airport (IATA: CHU, ICAO: PACH^[2], FAA LID: 9A3) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Chuathbaluk,^[1] a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Facilities

Chuathbaluk Airport covers an area of 242 acres (98 ha) at an elevation of 243 feet (74 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with a gravel surface measuring 3,401 by 60 feet (1,037 x 18 m).^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Ryan Air	Aniak, Crooked Creek, Red Devil, Sleetmute, Stony River^[3]

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

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2015^[4]
Carrier	Passengers (arriving and departing)
Hageland	370(90.80%)
Ryan Air	30(7.70%)
Grant	10(1.49%)

Top domestic destinations: January – December 2015^[4]
Rank	City	Airport	Passengers
1	Aniak, AK	Aniak Airport	160
2	Upper Kalskag, AK	Kalskag Airport	10
	Sleetmute, AK	Sleetmute Airport	10
	Crooked Creek, AK	Crooked Creek Airport	10

References

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for 9A3 PDF, effective January 17, 2017.
^ PACH - Chuathbaluk Airport. AirNav.com. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
^ "Passenger Schedules". Ryan Air Services. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Chuathbaluk, AK: Chuathbaluk (CHU)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2017.

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (JPEG)
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 9A3
- AirNav airport information for 9A3
- ASN accident history for CHU
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 9A3