# Teller Airport (TLA / PATE)

**Teller Airport** (IATA: TLA, ICAO: PATE) is a small airport in Teller, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1975. It has one runway, 2,983 ft (909 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 5 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: TLA / PATE
- FAA: TER
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Teller, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jul 1975
- Elevation: 299 ft / 91 m
- Coordinates: 65.2404, -166.3390
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,983 ft / 909 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 5,354 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Nome
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teller_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4454235
- Weather station: PATE · WMO 74923
- Ident: PATE

## Timeline

- Jul 1975: Teller Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 2,983 ft / 909 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 089° / 269° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 5,159 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 6,114 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 6,193 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 6,175 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 5,339 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,950 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 4,932 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 5,669 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 5,876 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 5,690 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 5,354 | 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 · 7.5 mi / 12 km · Bering Air
- [OME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paom.md) Nome Airport · United States · 57 mi / 91 km · Bering Air
- [WAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paiw.md) Wales Airport · United States · 57 mi / 92 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from TLA, 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 | 5K (2025) | #2,910 of 3,974 | #757 in North America | #546 in US |
| Longest runway | 2,983 ft / 909 m | =16,573 of 29,858 | =7,122 in North America | =6,029 in US |
| Elevation | 299 ft / 91 m | =31,405 of 43,403 | =14,487 in North America | =12,199 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfkt.md) Brevig Mission Airport · 7.3 mi / 12 km
- [KPC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papc.md) Port Clarence Coast Guard Station · 15 mi / 24 km
- [LSR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lsr.md) Lost River 1 Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [3Z1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3z1.md) Feather River Airport · 29 mi / 46 km
- [AK98](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak98.md) Buck Creek Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [Z81](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z81.md) Salmon Lake Airport · 45 mi / 72 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: “Teller Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Teller_Airport&oldid=1363082424), 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/pate/data