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 / 63.88833°N 160.79889°W

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	5,900	1,798	Asphalt
8/26	1,900	579	Asphalt

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Unalakleet Airport covers an area of 5,837 acres (2,362 ha) at an elevation of 21 feet (6 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 8/26 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[]

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Airlines	Destinations
Bering Air	Elim, Golovin, Koyuk, Nome, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Stebbins, White Mountain
Ravn Alaska	Anchorage^[2]
Ryan Air	Anchorage^[3]

Cargo[]

Airlines	Destinations
Northern Air Cargo	Anchorage

Accidents and incidents[]

A Boeing 737-2x6X, operating as MarkAir 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.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c FAA Airport Form 5010 for UNK PDF, effective 2011-01-13
^ "Route Map". Retrieved 17 December 2020.
^ "Passenger Schedules". Ryan Air Services. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^ https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR91-02.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

External links[]

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
FAA Terminal Procedures for UNK, effective February 24, 2022
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for UNK
- AirNav airport information for PAUN
- ASN accident history for UNK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAUN
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for UNK

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