Unalakleet Airport guide

Unalakleet Airport is a state-owned public-use airport in the Nome Census Area of western Alaska. Its ICAO code is PAUN. The field lies about one nautical mile north of the city's central business district, near the mouth of the Unalakleet River on Norton Sound. The city is 148 miles southeast of Nome and 395 miles northwest of Anchorage, and no road links it to either.

The airport has two asphalt runways. Runway 15/33 measures 5,900 by 150 feet and takes the largest aircraft. Runway 9/27 measures 1,900 by 75 feet. Northern Air Cargo flies Boeing 737 freight aircraft from the field, which makes it one of the larger cargo operations among the Norton Sound villages.

Unalakleet works as a hub for the smaller villages around it. Bering Air and Ryan Air connect it with Nome, Koyuk, St. Michael, Shaktoolik and Stebbins. Aleutian Airways serves Anchorage. Northern Air Cargo and Everts Air Cargo carry freight to Anchorage.