Deering Airport (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, 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 and DRG by the IATA.Great Circle Mapper: DRG / PADE - Deering, Alaska The airport's ICAO identifier is PADE.
Facilities Deering Airport covers an area of 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).
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
+ Top domestic destinations: January – December 2016 Rank City Airport Passengers 1 Kotzebue, AK Ralph Wien Memorial Airport 1,000 2 Buckland, AK Buckland Airport 180 3 Nome, AK Nome Airport 10
See also List of airports in Alaska
References
External links FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)