Nightmute Airport guide

Nightmute Airport (ICAO PAGT, FAA identifier IGT) is a state-owned public-use airport about one mile north of the village of Nightmute on Nelson Island, in the Bethel Census Area of western Alaska. The village had 306 residents at the 2020 census and has no road link to the state highway system, so the airstrip is the main year-round connection to the outside world.

The airport has a single gravel runway, 3/21, listed at 3,200 by 75 feet with medium-intensity edge lights. The FAA data notes dips and irregular surfaces along its length, and the surface can turn very soft when wet. The field opened in July 1979 and is maintained by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Central Region.

Scheduled service is flown by Grant Aviation, with small propeller aircraft on the roughly 100-mile route to Bethel. Bethel is the regional hub, with onward connections to Anchorage. The airport has no tower, and no car rental or taxi desk operates at the field. The neighbouring village of Toksook Bay lies about 15 miles to the west and is linked to Nightmute by a winter snowmachine trail.