Deering Airport

Deering Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region
ServesDeering, Alaska
Elevation AMSL21 ft / 6 m
Coordinates66°04′10″N 162°45′59″W / 66.06944°N 162.76639°W / 66.06944; -162.76639
Map
DRG is located in Alaska
DRG
DRG
Location of airport in Alaska
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,320 1,012 Gravel
12/30 2,660 811 Gravel
Statistics (2016)
Aircraft operations3,500 (2014)
Based aircraft0
Passengers2,403
Freight727,000 lbs

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

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

AirlinesDestinations
Bering Air Buckland, Kotzebue[5]

Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2016[2]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Bering
1,620(67.25%)
Hageland
790(32.75%)
Top domestic destinations: January – December 2016[2]
Rank City Airport Passengers
1 Alaska Kotzebue, AK Ralph Wien Memorial Airport 1,000
2 Alaska Buckland, AK Buckland Airport 180
3 Alaska Nome, AK Nome Airport 10

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for DEE PDF, effective April 27, 2017.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: DRG / PADE - Deering, Alaska
  4. ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. ^ "Bering Air Schedule" (PDF). Bering Air. Retrieved January 15, 2017.


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