Deering Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Deering, Alaska | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 66°04′10″N 162°45′59″W / 66.06944°N 162.76639°W | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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
[edit]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
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (January 2022) |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Bering Air | Buckland, Kotzebue[5] |
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Statistics
[edit]| Carrier | Passengers (arriving and departing) |
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| Bering | |
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| Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
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| 1 |  Kotzebue, AK
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Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | 1,000 |
| 2 | Buckland, AK
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Buckland Airport | 180 |
| 3 | Nome, AK
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Nome Airport | 10 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for DEE PDF, effective April 27, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Deering, AK: Deering (DEE)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: DRG / PADE - Deering, Alaska
- ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Bering Air Schedule" (PDF). Bering Air. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
External links
[edit]- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for DEE, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for DEE
- AirNav airport information for PADE
- ASN accident history for DRG
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PADE
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for DEE
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