Identifier
GAL
Edward G Pitka Sr Airport Map Print (GAL)
GAL
PAGA
Galena, Alaska
$55
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Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Galena's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Edward G Pitka Sr Airport (GAL), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Galena's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Edward G Pitka Sr
GAL · Galena, Alaska
64.7362° N · 156.9346° W
Field elevation 154 ft
Field elevation 154 ft
ICAO code
PAGA
Field elevation
154ft
Runways
2
Magnetic variation
13°E
Runways
08/266,000 × 100 ft
06/242,600 × 50 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Edward G Pitka Sr Airport Runway Diagram Print
Edward G Pitka Sr reads on paper as two long horizontal bars running left to right across the upper half of the sheet. The print draws runway 08/26 as the heavy dark line, 6,000 by 100 feet of asphalt, stretching further than anything else in the frame. Just above it, shorter and lighter, sits runway 06/24 at 2,600 by 50 feet of gravel. The two lie nearly parallel, the gravel strip tucked over the middle of the long one, joined to it by a pale loop of taxiway that curves up toward the apron and the small cluster of buildings at the upper left. The airport serves Galena, a city in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of Alaska.
That is a quiet composition, and it hangs well because it is not busy. Two horizontals, one weighted and one light, with the thin geometry of taxiways above them, leave most of the paper as open ground. The drawing follows published airport data, and the label block carries the identifier, the coordinates and the 154 foot elevation. Type sits low in the right corner so the runways keep the eye, and the contrast between the solid asphalt bar and the stippled gravel strip does the rest of the work in whichever colorway you choose.
The history is in the shape. During World War II the field facilitated the transit of lend-lease aircraft to the Soviet Union, and as Galena Air Force Station it later served the Cold War as an interceptor base for aircraft patrolling western Alaska, downsized in 1993. A ski jump takeoff ramp at one end and provisions for arresting gear at the other survive from those years, when tactical aircraft needed more room than the runway gave them. Put this one next to a busier Alaska field such as Fairbanks, or beside another remote strip like Nome, and the difference in density is immediate: a long paved line, a short gravel line, and a lot of sky.
Galena (GAL) print, common questions
How many runways does GAL have, and how long are they?
Two. Runway 08/26 is 6,000 by 100 feet with an asphalt surface, and runway 06/24 is 2,600 by 50 feet of gravel. Both appear on the print, drawn nearly parallel with the shorter gravel strip sitting above the longer paved one.
What is GAL, and where is the airport?
GAL is the identifier for Edward G Pitka Sr, the airport at Galena, Alaska, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area. Coordinates near 64.7362 N, 156.9346 W are set into the label at the bottom of the sheet.
What elevation is shown in the artwork?
154 feet above mean sea level. It sits in the label block under the city and state line, so the sheet carries the identifier, the position and the field elevation without crowding the runways.
How closely does the print follow the published layout?
Runway positions, lengths, widths and relative angles are plotted from published airport information for the current charting cycle, including the offset between 08/26 and 06/24. This is wall art rather than a navigation document, so fine details may be simplified or omitted. Lighting symbols and pavement markings are the usual examples.
What sizes are available?
Several standard print sizes, printed to order, with the colorway you choose applied to the whole sheet. The wide, low-slung shape of this field has room to breathe in the portrait composition, since the runways occupy one horizontal band and the rest stays open.
Does this work as a gift?
It lands for anyone with a Galena connection: bush pilots, people who flew through on the Alaska run, veterans of the Cold War station, or a household that keeps one wall for the places it has been. The identifier reads clearly from across a room, and the rest rewards a closer look.
