Pilot Station

PQS

Pilot Station Airport

61.96°, -162.94°AK, United States

Passengers a year

11.5K

#248 busiest in the U.S.

6

nonstop destinations

7

airlines

8

departures a day

34.5%

load factor

The ten busiest routes from PQS, by passengers: BET, MLL, KSM, MOU, RSH, EMKPQSMOUKSMEMKMLLRSHBET
Nonstop routes — the ten busiest. Filed traffic, August 2025 – July 2026.

Airlines

Grant Aviation is the largest carrier at Pilot Station, with 52% of all passengers. 7 airlines fly from here.

Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport

Grant Aviation holds 52% of the airport — the 67th most concentrated of 120 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is GJT at 52%.

AirlineSharePassengers
GV
Grant Aviation49% full
52.1%6K
6F
Fox Aircraft35% full
28.5%3.3K
K2
Yute Commuter Service21% full
18.0%2.1K
7S
Ryan Air3% full
0.8%92
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

  • Bethel (BET)

    3K departing · 42% full

    Grant Aviation · Yute Commuter Service · Fox Aircraft

  • Marshall (MLL)

    1.2K departing · 40% full

    Grant Aviation · Fox Aircraft · Yute Commuter Service

  • St Mary's (KSM)

    597 departing · 8% full

    Fox Aircraft · Grant Aviation · Yute Commuter Service

  • Mountain Village (MOU)

    207 departing · 25% full

    Yute Commuter Service · Fox Aircraft

  • Russian Mission (RSH)

    46 departing · 46% full

    Yute Commuter Service

  • Emmonak (EMK)

    24 departing · 9% full

    Ryan Air

All nonstop destinations

6 nonstop · 4 airlines · 6 domestic / 0 intl

Aircraft

By share of departures at Pilot Station.

  • Cessna C206

    1,817 departures · 24% full

    58.9%

  • Cessna 208 Caravan

    599 departures · 43% full

    19.4%

  • Piper PA-31

    353 departures · 38% full

    11.5%

  • Gipps Aero Ga8 Airvan

    236 departures · 46% full

    7.6%

  • Cessna C208B

    49 departures · 27% full

    1.6%

  • De Havilland DHC2 Beaver

    12 departures · 0% full

    0.4%

  • Pilatus PC-12

    10 departures · 42% full

    0.3%

  • Cessna 172 Skyhawk

    6 departures · 0% full

    0.2%

  • 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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Sep

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Jul

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
7,207 so far

Frequently asked

How busy is Pilot Station Airport (PQS)?

Pilot Station Airport handled about 11.5K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #248 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 52% 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 59% of the total.

Departing counts passengers leaving Pilot Station. Data: traffic August 2025 – July 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment).