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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]
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 | 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] |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Northern Air Cargo | Anchorage |
| Everts Air Cargo | Anchorage |
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]
