Shungnak Airport guide

Shungnak Airport (ICAO PAGH, FAA SHG) is a state-owned, public-use gravel airstrip serving Shungnak, a village on the Kobuk River in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska. The field lies about one mile southwest of the village, beside the Shungnak River, at a surveyed elevation of 205 feet. No road links Shungnak to the rest of the state, so the airstrip is the community's year-round connection for passengers, mail and freight.

The airport has one gravel runway, 10/28, about 4,000 feet long and 60 feet wide. Some sources number it 9/27. The runway has medium-intensity edge lights, and runway 10 has a four-light PAPI. The airport has no control tower and no staffed terminal, and pilots use the common traffic frequency 122.7. FAA records show it was activated in July 1966.

Bering Air provides the scheduled service, flying to Kotzebue and to neighbouring Kobuk and Ambler. Kobuk Airport is 6 nautical miles to the east, and Ambler Airport is 21 nautical miles to the northwest. All traffic is domestic, made up of scheduled and charter air taxi flights.