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The Essence of Tanis Mesa Airport
Location
Yakutat · AK · United States
Position
59.250°, -138.505° · 130 ft elev.
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Remote Alaska strip serving the Yakutat wilderness region.
Location
Yakutat, United States
Tanis Mesa Airport (A69) is a small general aviation airstrip located near Yakutat, Alaska, in the United States. It serves as a backcountry landing facility in the rugged coastal wilderness of southeastern Alaska, supporting private and bush flying operations in an area characterized by glaciers, forests, and remote terrain.
Yakutat is one of the most isolated communities in Alaska, and small airstrips like Tanis Mesa play an important role in providing access to areas unreachable by road. The facility is typical of Alaskan bush strips, catering to light aircraft rather than commercial airline traffic.
Notable facts
- ›Located in the remote Yakutat Borough of southeastern Alaska.
- ›Serves general aviation and bush flying operations only.
- ›The surrounding region is home to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and vast glacial wilderness.
- ›No scheduled commercial airline service operates at this airstrip.
- ›Yakutat Borough is one of the largest but most sparsely populated boroughs in the United States.
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