Airports / Alaska / FYU
Fort Yukon Airport
PFYU / FYUFort Yukon, AlaskaELEV 433 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#41 / 225
Alaska airports by Google rating
4.9★ across 9 Google ratings — ranked against 225 rated AK fields.
23 nm
To the nearest alternate
Birch Creek Airport (KBC) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Fort Yukon, Alaska, Fort Yukon Airport (PFYU / FYU) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 433 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
FYU has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Birch Creek Airport (KBC, 23 nm), Chalkyitsik Airport (CIK, 36 nm), and Venetie Airport (VEE, 37 nm).
Quotes for flights out of FYU vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from FYU, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PFYU
IATA
FYU
FAA / Local
FYU
Elevation
433 ft
Coordinates
66.5717° N · 145.2500° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 433 ft, FYU sits higher than 76% 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.
- 23nmKBCBirch Creek AirportBirch Creek
- 36nmCIKChalkyitsik AirportChalkyitsik
- 37nmVEEVenetie AirportVenetie
- 53nmIRCCircle City (New) AirportCircle
- 53nmWBQBeaver AirportBeaver
- 61nmCEMCentral AirportCentral
Location
Open the full mapPFYU · Fort Yukon Airport · Fort Yukon, AK
From the ramp
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