Goodnews Airport

FAA GNU59.1176°N 161.5752°W18 ft / 6 mSmall airport

Goodnews Airport (IATA: GNU, FAA: GNU) is a small airport in Goodnews, Alaska, United States. It opened in Oct 1951. It has one runway, 3,300 ft (1,006 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1951–1951

OCT 1951

OpenedGoodnews Airport opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24 · LIT

LENGTH3,300 ft1,006 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025

713

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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Year-round2

PTUPlatinum AirportUnited States · Yute Commuter Service18 km11 mi BETBethel AirportUnited States · Yute Commuter Service185 km115 mi

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GNU. From the Wikipedia article “Goodnews Airport” (revision of 20 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers2K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#3,103of 3,974 · #825 North America · #598 US Longest runway3,300 ft1,006 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=13,430of 29,823 · =5,554 North America · =4,661 US Elevation18 ft6 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,536of 43,341 · =18,752 North America · =15,343 US AgeOpened 19512026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,751of 15,079 · =2,596 North America · =2,536 US Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record