Unalakleet Airport
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Unalakleet Airport is a state-owned public-use airport
Airport
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 located one nautical mile (2 km) north of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Unalakleet
Unalakleet, Alaska
Unalakleet is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, in the western part of the state. At the 2000 census the population was 747. Unalakleet is known in the region and around Alaska for its salmon and king crab harvests; the residents rely heavily on caribou, ptarmigan, oogruk , and...

, a city in the Nome Census Area
Nome Census Area, Alaska
Nome Census Area is a census area located in the state of Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 9,196. It is part of the unorganized borough and therefore has no borough seat. Its largest community by far is the city of Nome....

 of the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

.

Facilities and aircraft

Unalakleet Airport covers an area of 5837 acres (2,362.2 ha) at an elevation
Elevation
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 of 21 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt
Asphalt
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 surfaced runway
Runway
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s: 15/33 measuring 5,900 x 150 ft (1,798 x 46 m) and 8/26 measuring 1,900 x 75 ft (579 x 23 m).

Airlines and non-stop destinations

External links

  • FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF
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    )
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