Tununak Airport guide

Tununak Airport serves the Yup'ik village of Tununak on Nelson Island, in the Bethel Census Area of western Alaska. No road connects the village to Bethel or the rest of the state, so the gravel airstrip is the main route for passengers, mail and freight. The airport sits about one mile southwest of the village.

The state-owned, public-use field has a single gravel runway. The FAA lists it as runway 16/34, 3,300 by 75 feet. Older listings, including Wikipedia, show an 8/26 runway of 1,778 by 30 feet. The airport is unattended, and the FAA notes that runway condition is not monitored and recommends a visual inspection before use. Birds and wildlife are present on and near the field.

The airport carries the IATA code TNK and the FAA identifier 4KA. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities owns it through its Central Region. Scheduled flights historically linked Tununak with Bethel, and the FAA recorded 1,809 commercial boardings in 2008. The state closed the airport temporarily in 2017 because of runway damage.