# Savoonga Airport (SVA / PASA)

**Savoonga Airport** (IATA: SVA, ICAO: PASA) is a medium airport in Savoonga, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1965. It has one runway, 4,400 ft (1,341 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SVA / PASA
- FAA: SVA
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Savoonga, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Aug 1965
- Elevation: 59 ft / 18 m
- Coordinates: 63.6864, -170.4930
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,400 ft / 1,341 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 9,387 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoonga_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4404253
- Weather station: PASA
- Ident: PASA

## Timeline

- Aug 1965: Savoonga Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,400 ft / 1,341 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Gravel | 060° / 240° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 10,908 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 12,052 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 11,859 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 10,588 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 9,805 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,355 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 6,113 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 8,488 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 9,464 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 8,909 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 9,387 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [GAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagm.md) Gambell Airport · United States · 39 mi / 62 km · Bering Air
- [OME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paom.md) Nome Airport · United States · 163 mi / 262 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9K (2025) | #2,716 of 3,974 | #663 in North America | #466 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,400 ft / 1,341 m | =8,397 of 29,858 | =3,201 in North America | =2,637 in US |
| Elevation | 59 ft / 18 m | =38,756 of 43,403 | =17,584 in North America | =14,573 in US |
| Age | Opened 1965 | =5,474 of 15,079 | =3,849 in North America | =3,767 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 121.300 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.700 |
| FSS | NOME RDO | 122.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [GAM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagm.md) Gambell Airport · 38 mi / 62 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: “Savoonga Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Savoonga_Airport&oldid=1363077608), 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/pasa/data