Unalakleet Airport

Unalakleet Airport
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
Map
	UNK
Runways
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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 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]

References

External links

FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
FAA Terminal Procedures for UNK, effective May 16, 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

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