{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport","iataCode":"GAL","icaoCode":"PAGA","city":"Galena","country":"US","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":true,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":64.736198,"longitude":-156.936997},"elevationMeters":47,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Built in 1942 as Galena Army Airfield — a staging point on the Lend-Lease ferry route to Siberia and later a US Air Force forward interceptor base — Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport (GAL/PAGA) left a village of roughly 450 people with a 1,829 m paved runway plus a 792 m gravel and ski strip. The state-owned field is genuinely cargo capable: Everts Air Cargo calls at Galena on its scheduled freight network, and the airport works as a Bypass Mail transfer point where mainline aircraft deliver mail frei","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/edward-g-pitka-sr-airport-gal","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/edward-g-pitka-sr-airport-gal","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport · (IATA: GAL) · Galena, US · 47 m · Cargo Hub"}