Airports / Alaska / PQS
Pilot Station Airport
PQSPilot Station, AlaskaELEV 473 FT
Google rating
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
12 nm
To the nearest alternate
St Mary's Airport (KSM) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Pilot Station, Alaska, Pilot Station Airport (PQS) operates as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 473 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
PQS has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include St Mary's Airport (KSM, 12 nm), Mountain Village Airport (MOU, 22 nm), and Marshall Don Hunter Sr Airport (MLL, 27 nm).
Quotes for flights out of PQS vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from PQS, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
US-8450
IATA
PQS
FAA / Local
0AK
Elevation
473 ft
Coordinates
61.9617° N · 162.9419° 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 473 ft, PQS sits higher than 80% 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.
- 12nmKSMSt Mary's AirportSt Mary's
- 22nmMOUMountain Village AirportMountain Village
- 27nmMLLMarshall Don Hunter Sr AirportMarshall
- 47nmRSHRussian Mission AirportRussian Mission
- 63nmSXPNunam Iqua AirportNunam Iqua
- 65nmNUPNunapitchuk AirportNunapitchuk
Location
Open the full mapUS-8450 · Pilot Station Airport · Pilot Station, AK