# Circle City (New) Airport (IRC / PACR)

**Circle City (New) Airport** (IATA: IRC, ICAO: PACR) is a small airport in Circle, Alaska, United States. It opened in Feb 1988. It has one runway, 2,979 ft (908 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 429 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IRC / PACR
- FAA: CRC
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Circle, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Feb 1988
- Elevation: 613 ft / 187 m
- Coordinates: 65.8277, -144.0762
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,979 ft / 908 m
- Passengers: 429 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_City_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275353
- Weather station: PACR
- Ident: PACR

## Timeline

- Feb 1988: Circle City (New) Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,979 ft / 908 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel |  | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 533 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 563 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 605 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 754 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 695 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 310 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 442 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 635 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 686 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 523 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 429 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pace.md) Central Airport · United States · 27 mi / 43 km · Warbelow's Air Ventures
- [FAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafa.md) Fairbanks International Airport · United States · 129 mi / 208 km · Warbelow's Air Ventures

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 4W [Warbelow's Air Ventures](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/warbelows-air-ventures) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 429 (2025) | #3,448 of 3,974 | #910 in North America | #665 in US |
| Longest runway | 2,979 ft / 908 m | =16,585 of 29,858 | =7,132 in North America | =6,039 in US |
| Elevation | 613 ft / 187 m | #25,114 of 43,403 | #12,088 in North America | #10,067 in US |
| Age | Opened 1988 | =9,353 of 15,079 | =7,157 in North America | =7,046 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [CEM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pace.md) Central Airport · 27 mi / 43 km
- [CHP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/chp.md) Circle Hot Springs Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [L20](https://dromopedia.com/airports/l20.md) Coal Creek Airport · 45 mi / 72 km
- [CIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paci.md) Chalkyitsik Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [KBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z91.md) Birch Creek Airport · 58 mi / 93 km
- [FYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfyu.md) Fort Yukon Airport · 61 mi / 98 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: “Circle City Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Circle_City_Airport&oldid=1375174783), revision of 16 Sep 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/pacr/data