Elim Airport

{{Infobox Airport

| name = Elim Airport

| image = ELI-g.jpg

| image-width = 250

| IATA = ELI

| ICAO = PFEL

| FAA = ELI

| type = Public

| owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region

| operator =

| city-served = Elim, Alaska

| location =

| elevation-f = 162

| elevation-m = 49

| coordinates = {{coord|64|36|54|N|162|16|14|W|region:US-AK_type:airport_scale:10000}}

| website =

| pushpin_map = USA Alaska

| pushpin_relief =

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Alaska

| pushpin_label = ELI

| r1-number = 1/19

| r1-length-f = 3,401

| r1-length-m = 1,037

| r1-surface = Gravel

| stat-year = 2018

| stat1-header = Based aircraft (2018)

| stat1-data = 0

| stat2-header = Passengers

| stat2-data = 4,298

| stat3-header = Freight

| stat3-data = 732,000 lbs

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=ELI|use=PU|own=PU|site=50197.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. effective April 27, 2017.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data]. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated May 7, 2017.

}}

Elim Airport {{airport codes|ELI[http://aviation-safety.net/database/airport/airport.php?id=ELI ELI: Elim Airport, Alaska]. Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2008-09-21.|PFEL[http://www.airnav.com/airport/PFEL PFEL: Elim Airport, Alaska]. AirNav.com. Retrieved 2008-09-21.|ELI}} is a state-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Elim, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, where it is listed as commercial service - non-primary, an FAA category for airports with 2,500 to 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year.[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part1.pdf Appendix A: Part 1 (PDF, 1.33 MB)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806023224/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part1.pdf |date=August 6, 2011 }}. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008. However, Federal Aviation Administration records for calendar year 2008 categorized it as general aviation based on 2,356 enplanements that year, a decrease of 26.1% from the 3,189 enplanements in 2007.

Facilities

Elim Airport covers an area of {{convert|181|acre|ha}} at an elevation of 162 feet (49 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with a gravel surface measuring 3,401 by 60 feet (1,037 x 18 m).

Airlines and destinations

{{Update section|date=January 2022}}

{{Airport-dest-list

| Bering Air | Golovin, Nome, White Mountain[https://www.beringair.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/OME-Published-Flight-Schedule-eff.-5.2.21.pdf Bering Air Nome & Unalakleet Schedule] (PDF). Bering Air. Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.

}}

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

=Statistics=

{{Bar graph

| title = Carrier shares: January – December 2016

| bar_width = 28

| width_units = em

| label_type = Carrier  

| data_type = Passengers (arriving and departing)

| data_max = 4,570

| label1 = Bering

| data1 = 3,660

| comment1 = 80.09%

| label2 = Hageland

| data2 = 910

| comment2 = 19.91%

}}

class="wikitable"

|+ Top domestic destinations: January – December 2016

{{cite web

| url = https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=ELI&Airport_Name=Elim,%20AK:%20Elim%20Airport&carrier=FACTS

| title = Elim, AK: Elim (ELI)

| publisher = Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation

| date = December 2016 | access-date = May 7, 2017

}}

! Rank

! City

! Airport

! Passengers

align=right | 1

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Nome, AK

| Nome Airport

| align=right | 1,610

align=right | 2

|{{flagicon|Alaska}} Unalakleet, AK

| Unalakleet Airport

| align=right | 280

align=right | 3

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Koyuk, AK

| Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport

| align=right | 160

align=right | 4

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Golovin, AK

| Golovin Airport

| align=right | 130

align=right | 5

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} Shaktoolik, AK

| Shaktoolik Airport

| align=right | 40

align=right |

| {{flagicon|Alaska}} White Mountain, AK

| White Mountain Airport

| align=right | 40

See also

References

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