Unalakleet Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Unalakleet, Alaska, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name = Unalakleet Airport
| image = UNK-f.jpg
| image-width = 250
| IATA = UNK
| ICAO = PAUN
| FAA = UNK
| type = Public
| owner = State of Alaska DOT&PF
| operator =
| city-served = Unalakleet, Alaska
| hub =
| location =
| elevation-f = 21
| elevation-m = 6
| coordinates = {{coord|63|53|18|N|160|47|56|W|region:US_type:airport}}
| pushpin_map = USA Alaska
| pushpin_label = UNK
| website =
| r1-number = 15/33
| r1-length-f = 5,900
| r1-length-m = 1,798
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| r2-number = 9/27
| r2-length-f = 1,900
| r2-length-m = 579
| r2-surface = Asphalt
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=UNK|use=PU|own=PU|site=50799.*A}}, effective 2023-08-10
}}
Unalakleet Airport {{airport codes|UNK|PAUN|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.
Facilities and aircraft
Unalakleet Airport covers an area of {{convert|715|acre|ha|lk=on}} 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).
Northern Air Cargo flies the largest airplanes to this location, with Boeing 737 service.
Airlines and destinations
=Passenger=
{{Update section|date=January 2022}}
{{Airport destination list
| Bering Air | Koyuk, Nome, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Stebbins[https://www.beringair.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/OME-Published-Flight-Schedule-eff.-5.2.21.pdf Bering Air Nome & Unalakleet Schedule] Retrieved Sep 10, 2022.
| Ravn Alaska | Anchorage{{cite web|title=Route Map | url=https://ravnalaska.com/map | access-date=17 December 2020 }}
| Ryan Air | Koyuk, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Stebbins{{cite web | url =http://ryanalaska.com/passenger/ | title = Passenger Schedules | publisher = Ryan Air Services | access-date = September 10, 2022}}
}}
=Cargo=
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.{{Cite web | url=https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR91-02.pdf | title=AIRCRAFI’ACCIDENT REPORT | access-date=2024-07-11 | website=libraryonline.erau.edu}}
- On February 6, 2025, Bering Air Flight 445, destination Nome, disappeared with 10 occupants on board while flying over the Norton Sound and was later found crashed, with all ten occupants dead.{{Cite news |last=Yoon |first=John |date=2025-02-07 |title=Small Plane With 10 Onboard Goes Missing in Alaska |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/alaska-plane-missing.html |access-date=2025-02-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Flightradar24 |title=Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map |url=https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n321ba#39086384 |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Flightradar24 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Klecka |first=Joey |date=2025-02-07 |title=Report: Plane with 10 onboard missing near Nome |url=https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/02/07/report-possible-plane-with-10-onboard-down-near-nome/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=www.alaskasnewssource.com |language=en}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119221604/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/UNK.gif FAA Alaska airport diagram] (GIF)
- {{FAA-procedures|UNK}}
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{{Airports in Alaska}}
Category:Airports in the Nome Census Area, Alaska
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