Summary
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]
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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Facilities and aircraft edit
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 edit
Passenger edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Bering Air | Koyuk, Nome, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Stebbins[2] |
| Ravn Alaska | Anchorage[3] |
| Ryan Air | Koyuk, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Stebbins[4] |
Cargo edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Northern Air Cargo | Anchorage |
| Everts Air Cargo | Anchorage |
Accidents and incidents edit
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]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for UNK PDF, effective 2023-08-10
- ^ Bering Air Nome & Unalakleet Schedule Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.
- ^ "Route Map". Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Passenger Schedules". Ryan Air Services. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
- ^ https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR91-02.pdf [bare URL PDF]
External links edit
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for UNK, effective April 18, 2024
- 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
