Kivalina Airport guide

Kivalina Airport (ICAO PAVL, FAA KVL) is a public-use gravel airstrip serving Kivalina, a village in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. The village sits on the southern tip of a 12 km barrier island between the Chukchi Sea and a lagoon at the mouth of the Kivalina River, and the airstrip is its main link to the outside world. Kotzebue, the borough seat, lies 130 km to the southeast.

The airport has one runway, 12/30, which is 3,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. Field elevation is 13 feet above sea level. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Northern Region, owns the airport.

Bering Air flies scheduled service to Kotzebue, and Ryan Air flies to Noatak. The village airstrip dates to 1960. Shoreline erosion and storm surge affect the island, and an erosion-control project has been built next to the airport.