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Skagway Airport (IATA: SGY, ICAO: PAGY, FAA LID: SGY) is a state-owned public-use airport in the city of Skagway, Alaska. [ 1 ] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2015–2019, which categorized it as a nonprimary commercial service airport based on 7,532 enplanements in 2012. [ 2 ]
The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, [3] up from 968 in 2010. [4] The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with the large number of summer tourists each year. [5]
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KHNS is the region's only local radio station and offers a wide variety of programming. Local news is produced by staff in Haines, but also covers Skagway, which is 14 miles from Haines via Ferry. KHNS receives statewide news from the Alaska Public Radio Network, national news from National Public Radio, and international news from the BBC. [2]
Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (410 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1.91 m) of snow.
The Skagway–Fraser Border Crossing connects the communities of Skagway, Alaska and Carcross, Yukon on the Canada–United States border. Alaska Highway 98 on the American side joins Yukon Highway 2 on the Canadian side. The border is near the summit of White Pass on the Klondike Highway, where the elevation is 3,292 feet (1,003 m).
Haines Airport covers an area of 124 acres (50 ha) at an elevation of 15 feet (5 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).
The Skagway News headquarters in Skagway, Alaska, on June 19, 2019 The present-day Skagway News was first established in 1978 by William J. "Jeff" Brady. [ 1 ] It merged from 1978 to 1979 with the Haines -based Chilkat Valley News to form the Lynn Canal News , and then resumed publishing as a separate paper in 1982.