# St Michael Airport (SMK / PAMK)

**St Michael Airport** (IATA: SMK, ICAO: PAMK) is a small airport in St Michael, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1995. It has one runway, 4,001 ft (1,220 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SMK / PAMK
- FAA: SMK
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: St Michael, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Aug 1995
- Elevation: 98 ft / 30 m
- Coordinates: 63.4901, -162.1100
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,001 ft / 1,220 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Passengers: 7,731 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4416324
- Weather station: PAMK
- Ident: PAMK

## Timeline

- Aug 1995: St Michael Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 033° / 213° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 11,638 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 12,100 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,361 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 10,459 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,380 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 6,490 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 7,945 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 8,183 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 7,506 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 7,731 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [WBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbb.md) Stebbins Airport · United States · 5.6 mi / 9.0 km · Bering Air, Ryan Air Services
- [UNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paun.md) Unalakleet Airport · United States · 48 mi / 78 km · Ryan Air Services
- [OME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paom.md) Nome Airport · United States · 123 mi / 198 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 2
- RYA [Ryan Air Services](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/ryan-air-services) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2025) | #2,788 of 3,974 | #699 in North America | #498 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | =9,600 of 29,858 | =3,783 in North America | =3,166 in US |
| Elevation | 98 ft / 30 m | =36,957 of 43,403 | =16,764 in North America | =14,024 in US |
| Age | Opened 1995 | =10,552 of 15,079 | =8,256 in North America | =8,142 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [WBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wbb.md) Stebbins Airport · 5.5 mi / 8.8 km
- [UNK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paun.md) Unalakleet Airport · 49 mi / 78 km
- [KOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfko.md) Kotlik Airport · 54 mi / 88 km
- [SKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfsh.md) Shaktoolik Airport · 67 mi / 107 km
- [KGX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgx.md) Grayling Airport · 76 mi / 122 km
- [ELI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfel.md) Elim Airport · 78 mi / 125 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: “St. Michael Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Michael_Airport&oldid=1363080241), 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/pamk/data