Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport
Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport
Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (IATA: GAL, ICAO: PAGA, FAA LID: GAL) is a state-owned public-use airport located in Galena, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,784 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 7,447 enplanements in 2009, and 12,421 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year) based on enplanements in 2008; however, it qualifies as a primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2010.
Location
64.736°N, 156.937°O · 47 m s. n. m. (153 ft)
General data
Runways · 2
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 3 Official publication
Approach
Common traffic (CTAF)
Automated weather
Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.
History
As Galena Airport, it was used as a military transport base during World War II, facilitating the transit of lend-lease aircraft to the Soviet Union. As Galena Air Force Station, it was used by the USAF during the Cold War as an interceptor base for aircraft patrolling the western areas of Alaska. It was downsized in 1993, but the military airfield is maintained by a private contractor as a weather/emergency diversion airfield since Regular Air Force fighter-interceptor alert operations ended. It is now known as Galena Forward Operating Location.
Airlines operating here · 2
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
Photo: Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domain · view original
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · destinations and airlines from Wikipedia route tables (CC BY-SA, 2026), unless another source is given · profile and photo from Wikidata/Wikimedia Commons (CC0 / CC) · summary and history from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport (GAL). Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAL
MLA
“Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport (GAL).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAL. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport (GAL). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAL (Accessed: 23 October 2026).
BibTeX
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author = {{Vuelopedia}},
title = {{Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport (GAL)}},
publisher = {Fundación Poderia},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-16},
url = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAL},
howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/GAL}},
urldate = {2026-10-23},
note = {Accessed 2026-10-23}
}Wikipedia
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