Pilot Station
PQSPilot Station Airport
Passengers a year
11.4K
#249 busiest in the U.S.
6
nonstop destinations
7
airlines
8
departures a day
35.0%
load factor
Airlines
Grant Aviation is the largest carrier at Pilot Station, with 51% of all passengers. 7 airlines fly from here.
Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport
Grant Aviation holds 51% of the airport — the 70th most concentrated of 118 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is FAY at 51%.
| Airline | Share | Passengers | |
|---|---|---|---|
GV Grant Aviation49% full | 51.2% | 5.9K | 3 |
6F Fox Aircraft36% full | 28.0% | 3.2K | 4 |
K2 Yute Commuter Service22% full | 19.2% | 2.2K | 5 |
7S Ryan Air3% full | 0.8% | 88 | 1 |
V8 Iliamna Air Taxi33% full | 0.5% | 59 | — |
Share, passengers and destinations count each airline’s own flights plus the regional flying sold under its brand.
Destinations
6 nonstop destinations from Pilot Station, all domestic.
100% domestic · 0% international · by departing passengers
Top domestic destinations
Grant Aviation · Yute Commuter Service · Fox Aircraft
Marshall (MLL)
1.2K1,158 departing · 40% full
Grant Aviation · Fox Aircraft · Yute Commuter Service
Fox Aircraft · Grant Aviation · Yute Commuter Service
Mountain Village (MOU)
215215 departing · 27% full
Yute Commuter Service · Fox Aircraft
7676 departing · 41% full
Yute Commuter Service
Ryan Air
All nonstop destinations
6 nonstop · 4 airlines · 6 domestic / 0 intl
Aircraft
By share of departures at Pilot Station.
Cessna C206
1,830 departures · 24% full
59.7%
Cessna 208 Caravan
582 departures · 45% full
19.0%
Piper PA-31
364 departures · 38% full
11.9%
Gipps Aero Ga8 Airvan
212 departures · 47% full
6.9%
Cessna C208B
47 departures · 28% full
1.5%
Pilatus PC-12
13 departures · 30% full
0.4%
De Havilland DHC2 Beaver
12 departures · 0% full
0.4%
Cessna 172 Skyhawk
4 departures · 0% full
0.1%
Beech 200 Super Kingair
1 departures · 67% full
0.0%
When Pilot Station is busiest
Departures by month over the trailing year. Bars scale to the busiest month.
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Jul
Aug
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Departures a month · peak January 2026
Annual passengers since 2002
Total passengers, arriving and departing, in every year on record.
Passengers a year
Every year
- 2002
- 15,530
- 2003
- 14,666
- 2004
- 14,360
- 2005
- 13,508
- 2006
- 10,853
- 2007
- 12,366
- 2008
- 12,410
- 2009
- 11,196
- 2010
- 11,890
- 2011
- 12,305
- 2012
- 11,184
- 2013
- 11,395
- 2014
- 13,798
- 2015
- 13,210
- 2016
- 14,204
- 2017
- 11,118
- 2018
- 9,233
- 2019
- 8,769
- 2020
- 2,789
- 2021
- 4,745
- 2022
- 7,412
- 2023
- 8,317
- 2024
- 8,835
- 2025
- 11,235
- 2026
- 4,639 so far
Frequently asked
How busy is Pilot Station Airport (PQS)?
Pilot Station Airport handled about 11.4K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #249 among U.S. airports by passengers, with roughly 8 departures a day.
Which airline is the largest at Pilot Station Airport (PQS)?
Grant Aviation is the largest carrier at Pilot Station (PQS), flying about 51% of its passengers. 7 airlines serve Pilot Station in total.
How many places can you fly nonstop from Pilot Station Airport (PQS)?
Pilot Station (PQS) has 6 nonstop destinations, all domestic.
What aircraft flies most from Pilot Station Airport (PQS)?
The Cessna C206 flew the largest share of departures from Pilot Station (PQS), about 60% of the total.
Departing counts passengers leaving Pilot Station. Data: traffic June 2025 – May 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment).