PAYA is the ICAO code for Yakutat Airport (IATA YAK), located in Yakutat, AK.
Yakutat Airport (PAYA) is a medium airport in Yakutat, AK. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code PAYA or IATA code YAK. It sits in North America.
Yakutat Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.
The longest runway measures 7,732 ft (2,357 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.
Yakutat Airport sits near sea level at 33 ft.
Local operations run on America/Yakutat. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.
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Regional fields like PAYA are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.
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