Koyukuk Airport guide

Koyukuk Airport (ICAO PFKU, FAA KYU) is a public-use gravel airstrip on the bank of the Yukon River, close to the village of Koyukuk in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska. The airport is owned by the State of Alaska and run by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Northern Region. It sits at 149 feet above sea level and has no control tower.

The single runway, 7/25, is 4,000 feet long and 75 feet wide. It has medium-intensity edge lighting, a PAPI and REILs on runway 7, and a lighted beacon, all switched on through the common traffic frequency, 122.9. Approach and departure service comes from Anchorage Center on 127.0. The airport is unattended, and the surface is soft when wet.

Wright Air Service has been listed as the scheduled carrier, linking Koyukuk with Fairbanks, Galena and Nulato. Nulato, 12 nautical miles to the southwest, is the nearest other airport and has the closest weather reporting. Koyukuk has no road connection, so the airstrip is the village's year-round link to the rest of the state.