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Seward Airport

Seward, United States

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Elevation

22 ft

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Location

Seward · AK · United States

Position

60.130°, -149.419° · 22 ft elev.

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General aviation gateway to Alaska's Kenai Peninsula coast.

Location

Seward, United States

Seward Airport (IATA: SWD, ICAO: PAWD) is a small general aviation airport located near Seward, Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula. It serves primarily private aircraft, charter flights, and bush plane operations supporting the local community and surrounding wilderness areas. The airport sits in a scenic but challenging environment, surrounded by mountains and Resurrection Bay, which can create demanding flying conditions. It plays a supporting role in regional transportation, particularly for residents and visitors accessing Seward when road travel is difficult or impractical. Seward is a popular destination for tourism, fishing, and outdoor recreation, and the airport supplements the Alaska Railroad and the Seward Highway as access points to the community.

Terminals

The airport has no commercial passenger terminal, operating instead as a general aviation facility with basic services.

Getting to & from

Ground access to downtown Seward is available by private vehicle or taxi, with the airport located close to the city center.

Notable facts

›Located on the Kenai Peninsula in southcentral Alaska.
›Primarily serves general aviation, charter, and bush plane operations.
›Surrounded by mountainous terrain and Resurrection Bay, creating challenging flying conditions.
›Seward is a major cruise ship and tourism hub, indirectly supporting airport traffic.
›The airport complements the Seward Highway and Alaska Railroad as regional access routes.

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Seward Airport is a state-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Seward, a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.

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