RDB

Red Dog Airport

ICAO PADG68.0321°N 162.8990°W969 ft / 295 mSmall airport
On the map

Red Dog Airport (IATA: RDB, ICAO: PADG) is a small airport in Red Dog, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jun 1986. It has one runway, 6,312 ft (1,924 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 32 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1986–1986
JUN 1986
OpenedRed Dog Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21042° / 222° · LIT
LENGTH6,312 ft1,924 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
22K
22K
23K
26K
31K
18K
24K
27K
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32K
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Routes

10 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsBering Air 9Alaska Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RDB. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from RDB, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers32K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,272of 3,974 · #529 North America · #360 USLongest runway6,312 ft1,924 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4,230of 29,823 · #1,106 North America · #853 USElevation969 ft295 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=18,266of 43,341 · =8,195 North America · =6,580 USAgeOpened 19862026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,009of 15,079 · =6,843 North America · =6,732 USRunways11 · 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