Unalakleet Airport
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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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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
[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] | This section needs to be updated. (January 2022) |
| 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]
- On 6 January 2025, Bering Air Flight 445 disappeared with 10 occupants on board while flying over the Norton Sound. The plane departed from this airport bound for Nome.[6][7][8]
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.
- ^ "AIRCRAFI'ACCIDENT REPORT" (PDF). libraryonline.erau.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
- ^ Yoon, John (2025-02-07). "Small Plane With 10 Onboard Goes Missing in Alaska". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ^ Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Klecka, Joey (2025-02-07). "Report: Plane with 10 onboard missing near Nome". https://www.alaskasnewssource.com. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
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External links
[edit]- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for UNK, effective January 23, 2025
- 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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