Shishmaref Airport (IATA: SHH, ICAO: PASH, FAA LID: SHH) (Inupiaq: Qigiqtam Mizrvia) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Shishmaref, a village in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23 and measuring 5,000 x 70 ft. (1,524 x 21 m).[1] Shishmaref is located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five miles from the mainland.
Shishmaref Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||
Serves | Shishmaref, Alaska | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 66°14′58″N 166°05′25″W / 66.24944°N 166.09028°W | ||||||||||
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SHH Location of airport in Alaska | |||||||||||
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As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,040 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2006 and 4,732 enplanements in 2007.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), it is classified as commercial service - non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.[3]
The old airport was located just east on the edge of town with a north-south runway. Housing now occupies much of the old runway with only the south end and north part north of Housing Trail of the former runway visible (marked X).
Airlines | Destinations |
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Bering Air | Nome, Wales[4] |