Alakanuk Airport guide

Alakanuk Airport serves the Yup'ik village of Alakanuk in the Kusilvak Census Area of western Alaska. The village sits at the east entrance of Alakanuk Pass, the main southern channel of the Yukon River, about 15 miles from the Bering Sea. No roads connect it to other communities, so the airport handles most passenger, mail and freight traffic. Ice roads open in winter and barges and riverboats run in summer.

The field lies about 2 nautical miles west of the village centre, at an elevation of 21.7 feet. It has one gravel runway, 16/34, measuring 4,000 by 75 feet. The airport moved to this site in 2012. It replaced a 2,200 by 55 foot gravel and dirt strip southwest of town. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Northern Region, owns the field. Its codes are AUK (IATA), PAUK (ICAO) and AUK (FAA).

Grant Aviation flies scheduled service to Bethel and Emmonak, and Hageland Aviation also served the airport. The 2015 total of 5,933 passengers included 4,280 on Grant Aviation and 1,650 on Hageland. The airport also moved about 1,041,000 pounds of freight that year. Emmonak, St. Mary's, Bethel, Kotlik and Mountain Village are the busiest destinations.