# Ugashik Airport (UGS / 9A8)

**Ugashik Airport** (IATA: UGS, FAA: 9A8) is a small airport in Ugashik, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jan 1983. It has one runway, 3,100 ft (945 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 199 passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9a8

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: UGS / —
- FAA: 9A8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Ugashik, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jan 1983
- Elevation: 44 ft / 13 m
- Coordinates: 57.5235, -157.3963
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,100 ft / 945 m
- Passengers: 199 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugashik_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7877717
- Weather station: PAPN
- Ident: 9A8

## Timeline

- Jan 1983: Ugashik Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 3,100 ft / 945 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2016 | 347 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 301 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 312 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 287 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 142 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 202 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 390 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 217 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 269 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 199 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from UGS, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (3)

- [PIP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papn.md) Pilot Point Airport · United States · 7.5 mi / 12 km · 20 passengers · Grant Aviation
- [EGX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paii.md) Egegik Airport · United States · 46 mi / 74 km · 8 passengers · Grant Aviation
- [AKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakn.md) King Salmon Airport · United States · 85 mi / 136 km · 64 passengers · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from UGS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 199 (2025) | =3,569 of 3,974 | #946 in North America | #699 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,100 ft / 945 m | =15,399 of 29,858 | =6,170 in North America | =5,203 in US |
| Elevation | 44 ft / 13 m | =39,637 of 43,403 | =17,944 in North America | =14,811 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [AK96](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3348.md) Randy Briggs Memorial Field · 0.6 mi / 1.0 km
- [PIP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papn.md) Pilot Point Airport · 7.6 mi / 12 km
- [UGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ugb.md) Ugashik Bay Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [AA05](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0913.md) Ugashik Narrows Airport · 23 mi / 37 km
- [US-12910](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12910.md) Painter Creek Airport · 25 mi / 41 km
- [US-3342](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3342.md) Blue Mountain Lodge Airstrip · 26 mi / 41 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9a8/data