Eareckson Air Station
Eareckson Air Station, formerly Shemya Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force military airport located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Airport
- Description: US Air Force military airport on Shemya island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
- Also known as: “Eareckson AFS Airport”, “Eareckson AS”, “PASY”, “SYA”, “アレクソン空軍基地”, “シェミヤ空軍基地”, and “谢米亚空军基地”
- Historically known as: “Shemya Air Force Base” and “Shemya Station”
Eareckson Air Station
- Categories: airport, census-designated place in the United States, and transport
- Location: Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
52.71369° or 52° 42′ 49″ north
Longitude
174.11508° or 174° 6′ 54″ east
Population
232
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
IATA airport code
SYA
ICAO airport code
PASY
Open location code
9V4PP478+F2
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Eareckson Air Station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Eareckson Air Station”
- Chinese: “申雅岛空军基地”
- Chinese: “申雅島空軍基地”
- Chinese: “謝米亞空軍基地”
- Chinese: “阿拉斯加州”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محطه ايركسون الجويه”
- French: “aérodrome d’Eareckson”
- French: “Eareckson Air Station”
- German: “Eareckson Air Station”
- Irish: “Eareckson Air Station”
- Japanese: “エレクソン空軍施設”
- Ladin: “Eareckson Air Station”
- Persian: “ایستگاه هوایی اارکسون”
- Tajik: “Эстгоҳ ҳаво оорксун”
- Urdu: “ایریکسن ایئر اسٹیشن”
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Highlights: Shemya Island and Fox Beach.
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