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Hughes Airport
PAHU / HUSHughes, AlaskaELEV 299 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
14 nm
To the nearest alternate
Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO).
Overview
Located in Hughes, Alaska, Hughes Airport (PAHU / HUS) operates as a general aviation field. The airport sits 299 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into HUS for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Indian Mountain LRRS Airport (UTO, 14 nm), Allakaket Airport (AET, 50 nm), and Huslia Airport (HSL, 55 nm).
Charter pricing from HUS depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Hughes.
Field capability
ICAO
PAHU
IATA
HUS
FAA / Local
HUS
Elevation
299 ft
Coordinates
66.0411° N · 154.2630° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 299 ft, HUS sits higher than 68% of the 285 Alaska fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 14nmUTOIndian Mountain LRRS AirportUtopia Creek
- 50nmAETAllakaket AirportAllakaket
- 55nmHSLHuslia AirportHuslia
- 75nmTALRalph M Calhoun Memorial AirportTanana
- 82nmOBUKobuk AirportKobuk
- 84nmBTTBettles AirportBettles
Location
Open the full mapPAHU · Hughes Airport · Hughes, AK
From the ramp
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