Kipnuk Airport guide

Kipnuk Airport (ICAO PAKI, FAA IIK) is a state-owned, public-use gravel airstrip serving Kipnuk, a Yup'ik village on the Kugkaktlik River in the Bethel Census Area of southwest Alaska. It sits at an elevation of 11 feet in the low-lying Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Its IATA and FAA codes differ, which is unusual for a U.S. airport.

The airport has one gravel runway, 15/33, measuring 2,120 by 35 feet. Kipnuk is not connected to the state road network, so the airstrip carries the village's passengers, mail and freight. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Central Region owns and maintains it.

Grant Aviation flies scheduled small-aircraft service to Bethel, the regional hub for onward flights to Anchorage. The Bethel route carried about 4,000 passengers between July 2010 and June 2011.