Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, Coast Guard air facility in Sitka, Alaska, US.
The Coast Guard Air Station Sitka maintains three MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters and operates across 180,000 square miles of water and land in Southeast Alaska.
The station commenced operations on Annette Island in March 1944 before relocating to its current location in Sitka during 1977.
The station forms an integral part of the Seventeenth District, where 130 officers, enlisted personnel, and civilians work together supporting maritime operations.
Personnel remain on alert status 24 hours daily, ready to respond to emergencies across 12,000 miles of coastline from Dixon Entrance to Central Alaska.
The station performs operations in an environment characterized by mountainous terrain and remote villages spread throughout Southeast Alaska.
GPS coordinates: 57.05500,-135.36800
Latest update: May 30, 2025 13:06
Mount Edgecumbe
23.8 km
Castle Hill
2.2 km
Sitka National Historical Park
3.4 km
Sheldon Jackson College
2.9 km
Russian Bishops House
2.3 km
Sitka Pioneer Home
1.9 km
John O'Connell Bridge
1.8 km
Blue Lake
12.6 km
Baranof Cross-Island Trail
23.6 km
Saint Lazaria Wilderness
21.8 km
Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses
922 m
Sitka National Cemetery
3.2 km
Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall
1.8 km
Kake Cannery
88 km
Russian-American Building No. 29
2.2 km
US Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey Seismological and Geomagnetic House
2 km
Mount Furuhelm
26.4 km
See House
2.5 km
Hanlon-Osbakken House
2.4 km
Cable House and Station
1.9 km
Sitka United States Post Office and Court House
2 km
W.P. Mills House
2.5 km
Distin Lake Shelter Cabin
86.6 km
Mills House
2 km
Deadman Reach
54.8 km
Deep Bay
45.8 km
Sinitsin Cove
38.4 km
Neva Island
2.4 kmReviews
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