Deadhorse Airport

ICAO PASC70.1947°N 148.4650°W67 ft / 21 mMedium airport

SCC-b — Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domain · Commons

Deadhorse Airport (IATA: SCC, ICAO: PASC) is a medium airport in Deadhorse, Alaska, United States. It opened in Apr 1970. It has one runway, 6,500 ft (1,981 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 214 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1970–1970

APR 1970

OpenedDeadhorse Airport opens.

From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

06/24075° / 255° · LIT

LENGTH6,500 ft1,981 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025

223K

156K

134K

159K

213K

149K

130K

148K

168K

197K

214K

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Routes

5 destinations · 1 country

Year-round5

NUINuiqsut AirportUnited States · Wright Air Service96 km60 mi BTIBarter Island Long Range Radar Station AirportUnited States · Wright Air Service184 km114 mi BRWWiley Post Will Rogers Memorial AirportUnited States · Wright Air Service327 km203 mi FAIFairbanks International AirportUnited States · Wright Air Service599 km372 mi ANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,005 km624 mi

Most destinationsWright Air Service 4Alaska Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SCC. From the Wikipedia article “Deadhorse Airport” (revision of 16 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers214K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,506of 3,974 · #333 North America · #221 US Longest runway6,500 ft1,981 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,090of 29,823 · =1,025 North America · =784 US Elevation67 ft21 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#38,255of 43,341 · #17,363 North America · #14,426 US AgeOpened 19702026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,187of 15,079 · =4,430 North America · =4,340 US Runways11 · 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

ATISATIS118.400

CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR134.400

CTAFCTAF123.600

FSSRDO122.200

UNICUNICOM123.000