Deering Airport
Airport
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Deering Airport (IATA: DRG, ICAO: PADE, FAA LID: DEE) (Iñupiaq: Ipnatchiam Mirvia) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the central business district of Deering,[1] a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Deering, Alaska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft (6.4 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 66°04′10″N 162°45′59″W | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Source: Bureau of Transportation[2] | |||||||||||||||
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned DEE by the FAA[1] and DRG by the IATA.[3] The airport's ICAO identifier is PADE.[4]
Facilities
Deering Airport covers an area of 262 acres (106 ha) at an elevation of 21 feet (6 m) above mean sea level. It has two gravel surfaced runways: 2/20 measures 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m) and 11/29 is 2,640 by 75 feet (805 x 23 m).[1]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Bering Air | Buckland, Kotzebue, Nome[5] |
| Ryan Air | Buckland, Point Hope |
Statistics
| Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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| 1 |  Kotzebue, AK |
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | 1,000 |
| 2 | Buckland, AK |
Buckland Airport | 180 |
| 3 | Nome, AK |
Nome Airport | 10 |
