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{{Short description|Airport in Unalakleet, Alaska, United States}}
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{{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        = [[Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities|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]]<ref name=FAA>{{FAA-airport|ID=UNK|use=PU|own=PU|site=50799.*A}}, effective 2023-08-10</ref>
}}

'''Unalakleet Airport''' {{airport codes|UNK|PAUN|UNK}} is a state-owned public-use [[airport]] located one nautical mile (2&nbsp;km) north of the [[central business district]] of [[Unalakleet, Alaska|Unalakleet]], a city in the [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]].<ref name=FAA />

==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 concrete|asphalt]] surfaced [[runway]]s: 15/33 measuring 5,900 x 150&nbsp;ft (1,798 x 46 m) and 9/27 measuring 1,900 x 75&nbsp;ft (579 x 23 m).<ref name=FAA />

[[Northern Air Cargo]] flies the largest airplanes to this location, with [[Boeing 737]] service.

==Airlines and destinations==
===Passenger===
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| [[Bering Air]] | [[Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport|Koyuk]], [[Nome Airport|Nome]], [[St. Michael Airport|St. Michael]], [[Shaktoolik Airport|Shaktoolik]], [[Stebbins Airport|Stebbins]]<ref>[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.</ref>
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| [[Ravn Alaska]] | [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport|Anchorage]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Route Map | url=https://ravnalaska.com/map | access-date=17 December 2020 }}</ref>
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| [[Ryan Air Services|Ryan Air]] | [[Koyuk Alfred Adams Airport|Koyuk]], [[St. Michael Airport|St. Michael]], [[Shaktoolik Airport|Shaktoolik]], [[Stebbins Airport|Stebbins]]<ref>{{cite web | url =http://ryanalaska.com/passenger/ | title = Passenger Schedules | publisher = Ryan Air Services | access-date = September 10, 2022}}</ref>
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===Cargo===
{{Airport destination list
| [[Northern Air Cargo]] | [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport|Anchorage]]
| [[Everts Air Cargo]] | [[Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport|Anchorage]]
}}

==Accidents and incidents==

* A [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-2x6X]], operating as [[MarkAir]] [[MarkAir Flight 3087|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Alaska]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119221604/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/UNK.gif FAA Alaska airport diagram] <small>([[GIF]])</small>
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[[Category:Airports in the Nome Census Area, Alaska]]


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