Unalakleet Airport

Unalakleet Airport (IATA: UNK, ICAO: PAUN, FAA LID: UNK) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district of Unalakleet, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]

Unalakleet Airport
IATA: UNK ICAO: PAUN FAA LID: UNK
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	State of Alaska DOT&PF
Serves	Unalakleet, Alaska
Elevation AMSL	21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates	63°53′18″N 160°47′56″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 5,900 1,798 Asphalt 9/27 1,900 579 Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Unalakleet Airport covers an area of 715 acres (289 ha) at an elevation of 27 feet (8 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt surfaced runways: 15/33 measuring 5,900 x 150 ft (1,798 x 46 m) and 9/27 measuring 1,900 x 75 ft (579 x 23 m).^[1]

Northern Air Cargo flies the largest airplanes to this location, with Boeing 737 service.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Bering Air	Koyuk, Nome, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Stebbins[2]
Ravn Alaska	Anchorage[3]
Ryan Air	Koyuk, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Stebbins[4]

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Northern Air Cargo	Anchorage
Everts Air Cargo	Anchorage

Accidents and incidents

• A Boeing 737-2x6X, operating as MarkAir Flight 3087 from Anchorage, crashed 7.5 miles short of runway 14 on June 2, 1990, injuring four, one of them (a flight attendant) seriously. There were no passengers in the aircraft, which was destroyed. No one was killed in the incident.^[5]
• On February 6, 2025, Bering Air Flight 445, destination Nome, disappeared with 10 occupants on board while flying over the Norton Sound and was later found crashed, with all ten occupants dead.^[6][7][8]

See also

• List of airports in Alaska