Goodnews Airport guide

Goodnews Airport (FAA GNU) is a public-use gravel airstrip serving Goodnews Bay, a Yup'ik village on the Bering Sea coast of southwest Alaska in the Bethel Census Area. The field sits at about 18 feet above sea level, on flat ground beside Goodnews Bay and the mouth of the Goodnews River. No road links the village to the rest of the state, so the airstrip carries passengers, mail, freight and medical flights all year.

The airport has one gravel runway, 6/24, measuring 3,300 by 75 feet. It has medium-intensity edge lights and a left traffic pattern in both directions. There is no staffed terminal. Platinum Airport is the closest other field, about 10 nautical miles to the southwest.

The State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities owns and manages the airport through its Central Region. The FAA classes it as a general aviation facility. Federal data counted about 1,500 enplanements in 2008. Small commuter aircraft from Bethel have served the village, often on routes that also stop at Platinum.