# Nightmute Airport (NME / PAGT)

**Nightmute Airport** (IATA: NME, ICAO: PAGT) is a small airport in Nightmute, Alaska, United States. It opened on 7 Jan 1979. It has one runway, 3,200 ft (975 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 6 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: NME / PAGT
- FAA: IGT
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Nightmute, Alaska, United States
- Opened: 7 Jan 1979
- Elevation: 7 ft / 2 m
- Coordinates: 60.4691, -164.7041
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 ft / 975 m
- Passengers: 6,177 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmute_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4312465
- Weather station: PAGT
- Ident: PAGT

## Timeline

- 7 Jan 1979: Nightmute Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 3,200 ft / 975 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 040° / 220° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 11,331 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 9,088 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,517 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 8,141 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 8,107 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,922 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 3,416 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 5,298 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 4,331 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 4,471 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 6,177 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [BET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabe.md) Bethel Airport · United States · 99 mi / 160 km · Grant Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- GV [Grant Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/grant-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 6K (2025) | #2,873 of 3,974 | #737 in North America | #529 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,200 ft / 975 m | =14,838 of 29,858 | =5,849 in North America | =4,906 in US |
| Elevation | 7 ft / 2 m | =42,804 of 43,403 | =19,243 in North America | =15,662 in US |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =5,873 in North America | =5,773 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [OOK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paoo.md) Toksook Bay Airport · 14 mi / 22 km
- [TNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ka.md) Tununak Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [WWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paew.md) Mertarvik Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [F02](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfme.md) Mertarvik Quarry Road Landing Strip · 25 mi / 40 km
- [CYF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pack.md) Chefornak Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [KPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paki.md) Kipnuk Airport · 44 mi / 70 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: “Nightmute Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nightmute_Airport&oldid=1363066492), 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/pagt/data