KPN

Kipnuk Airport

ICAO PAKI59.9318°N 164.0282°W20 ft / 6 mSmall airport
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Kipnuk Airport (IATA: KPN, ICAO: PAKI) is a small airport in Kipnuk, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1973. 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 12 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1973–1973
AUG 1973
OpenedKipnuk Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
17/35183° / 003° · LIT
LENGTH3,200 ft975 mWIDTH60 ft18 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
17K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
50 km100 km150 km25 mi50 mi75 mi100 miBET · Bethel Airport · 95 mi / 153 kmBETKPN

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KPN. From the Wikipedia article “Kipnuk Airport” (revision of 29 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers12K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,606of 3,974 · #628 North America · #435 USLongest runway3,200 ft975 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=14,832of 29,823 · =5,849 North America · =4,906 USElevation20 ft6 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,468of 43,341 · =18,717 North America · =15,318 USAgeOpened 19732026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,834of 15,079 · =4,976 North America · =4,884 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