# Nanwalek Airport (KEB / PAAW)

**Nanwalek Airport** (IATA: KEB, ICAO: PAAW) is a small airport in Nanwalek, Alaska, United States. It has one runway, 1,850 ft (564 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/keb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KEB / PAAW
- FAA: KEB
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Nanwalek, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 27 ft / 8 m
- Coordinates: 59.3521, -151.9250
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,850 ft / 564 m
- Passengers: 5,256 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanwalek_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565309
- Weather station: PASO
- Ident: KEB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,850 ft / 564 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 6,924 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 6,767 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,479 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,334 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,030 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,172 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 3,943 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 5,125 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 6,193 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 6,439 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 5,256 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [PGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pgm.md) Port Graham Airport · United States · 3.1 mi / 5.0 km · Smokey Bay Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Smokey Bay Air · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 5K (2025) | #2,915 of 3,974 | #760 in North America | #548 in US |
| Longest runway | 1,850 ft / 564 m | =25,955 of 29,858 | =12,785 in North America | =11,300 in US |
| Elevation | 27 ft / 8 m | =40,737 of 43,403 | =18,405 in North America | =15,096 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-12862](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12862.md) Jamies Field · 0.9 mi / 1.5 km
- [PGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pgm.md) Port Graham Airport · 3.4 mi / 5.4 km
- [SOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paso.md) Seldovia Airport · 10.0 mi / 16 km
- [4Z9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4z9.md) Jakolof Bay Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [2AK4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2ak4.md) Bootleggers Cove Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [09AN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6929.md) Kachemak Landing · 24 mi / 39 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Nanwalek Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nanwalek_Airport&oldid=1363063950), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/keb/data