GAM

Gambell Airport

ICAO PAGM63.7677°N 171.7333°W30 ft / 9 mMedium airport
On the map
Gambell Airport Alaska NAIP image
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Gambell Airport (IATA: GAM, ICAO: PAGM) is a medium airport in Gambell, Alaska, United States. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 4,500 ft (1,372 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

Timeline

3 events · 1943–1975
1943
OpenedGambell Airport opens.
27 FEB 1974
DisasterAn-24 incident at Gambell, Alaska.
30 AUG 1975
DisasterWien Air Alaska Flight 99.10 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
16/34172° / 352° · LIT
LENGTH4,500 ft1,372 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
10K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

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

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers9K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,731of 3,974 · #668 North America · #471 USLongest runway4,500 ft1,372 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=8,110of 29,823 · =3,042 North America · =2,508 USElevation30 ft9 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,579of 43,341 · =18,350 North America · =15,053 USAgeOpened 19432026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,016of 15,079 · =1,078 North America · =1,034 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

Radio frequencies

5 channels
AWOSAWOS 3125.900
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR132.200
CTAFCTAF122.700
FSSNOME RDO122.000
MISCTWEB36.900