Coast Guard Air Station Sitka

Established 1977 after relocating from Annette, Sitka is Southeast Alaska's Premier Search and Rescue Service Air Station. Sitka area of responsibility (AOR) encompasses the entire Southeast region of Alaska from Dixon Entrance north to Central Alaska and from the U.S./Canadian border west to the central Gulf of Alaska.

Sitka has the most demanding flight environment for US Coast Guard aircraft operations. With 12,000 miles of isolated and rugged coastline including numerous remote villages and characterized by mountainous terrain, severe weather and vast distances between fuel caches and landing sites.

As of 2017, operates three MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters.