# Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport (TNC / PATC)

**Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport** (IATA: TNC, ICAO: PATC) is a small airport in Tin City, Alaska, United States. It opened in Mar 1950. It has one runway, 4,702 ft (1,433 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 404 passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TNC / PATC
- FAA: TNC
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Tin City, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Mar 1950
- Elevation: 273 ft / 83 m
- Coordinates: 65.5631, -167.9220
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,702 ft / 1,433 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 3 departures
- Passengers: 404 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_City_LRRS_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4457810
- Weather station: PATC · WMO 70117
- Ident: PATC

## Timeline

- Mar 1950: Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 4,702 ft / 1,433 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Gravel |  |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/02334AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 471 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 417 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 326 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 394 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 478 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 144 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 211 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 274 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 630 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 404 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [KTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfkt.md) Brevig Mission Airport · United States · 45 mi / 72 km · Bering Air
- [TLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pate.md) Teller Airport · United States · 51 mi / 82 km · Bering Air
- [OME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paom.md) Nome Airport · United States · 103 mi / 165 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 404 (2025) | =3,461 of 3,974 | #915 in North America | #670 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,702 ft / 1,433 m | #7,590 of 29,858 | #2,869 in North America | #2,359 in US |
| Elevation | 273 ft / 83 m | =32,002 of 43,403 | =14,694 in North America | =12,380 in US |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =2,491 in North America | =2,432 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [WAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paiw.md) Wales Airport · 6.4 mi / 10 km
- [AK98](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak98.md) Buck Creek Airport · 13 mi / 22 km
- [LSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsr.md) Lost River 1 Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [KPC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papc.md) Port Clarence Coast Guard Station · 37 mi / 60 km
- [KTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfkt.md) Brevig Mission Airport · 45 mi / 72 km
- [TLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pate.md) Teller Airport · 51 mi / 82 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: “Tin City LRRS Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tin_City_LRRS_Airport&oldid=1363083033), 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/patc/data