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Seward Airport

Seward, United States

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Seward Airport

Seward, United States

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22 ft

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Gateway to Kenai Fjords on Alaska's Resurrection Bay.

Location

Seward, United States

Seward Airport (IATA: SWD, ICAO: PAWD) is a small general aviation airport serving the city of Seward, Alaska, situated on the Kenai Peninsula along Resurrection Bay. It primarily supports private and charter flights, providing an air access point to a community otherwise reached by road or rail from Anchorage. The airport sits at an elevation of approximately 22 feet above sea level and features a single asphalt runway. It serves as an important lifeline for the region, particularly during harsh Alaskan winters when the Seward Highway can become difficult to travel. Seward itself is a popular tourist destination known for Kenai Fjords National Park, the Alaska SeaLife Center, and its busy small-boat harbor. The airport supports tourism, emergency medical transport, and general aviation activity in the area.

Terminals

The airport has no commercial passenger terminal; it consists of basic general aviation facilities.

Getting to & from

Ground transport into Seward includes private vehicles and taxis, with the city also connected to Anchorage via the Seward Highway and Alaska Railroad.

Airlines here

No scheduled commercial airline service operates at Seward Airport; the facility serves charter and general aviation operators.

Notable facts

›The airport has a single asphalt runway oriented to accommodate the surrounding mountainous terrain.
›Elevation is approximately 22 feet above mean sea level.
›Seward is approximately 127 miles south of Anchorage by road.
›The airport supports emergency medical and air taxi operations for the Kenai Peninsula region.
›Kenai Fjords National Park, accessible from Seward, draws significant tourism that indirectly supports airport activity.

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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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