# Venetie Airport (VEE / PAVE)

**Venetie Airport** (IATA: VEE, ICAO: PAVE) is a small airport in Venetie, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1959. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, gravel. In 2025 it handled 6 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VEE / PAVE
- FAA: VEE
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Venetie, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Aug 1959
- Elevation: 574 ft / 175 m
- Coordinates: 67.0087, -146.3660
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 5,652 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetie_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4107142
- Ident: PAVE

## Timeline

- Aug 1959: Venetie Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 062° / 242° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 7,194 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 7,555 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,454 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,628 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,659 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,733 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 4,211 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 5,571 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 5,794 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 5,643 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 5,652 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [FYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfyu.md) Fort Yukon Airport · United States · 43 mi / 69 km · Wright Air Service
- [ARC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/parc.md) Arctic Village Airport · United States · 79 mi / 127 km · Wright Air Service
- [FAI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafa.md) Fairbanks International Airport · United States · 157 mi / 253 km · Everts Air, Wright Air Service

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 8V [Wright Air Service](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wright-air-service) · 3
- 5V [Everts Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/everts-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 6K (2025) | #2,898 of 3,974 | #752 in North America | #541 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 574 ft / 175 m | =25,854 of 43,403 | =12,435 in North America | =10,372 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [FYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfyu.md) Fort Yukon Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [KBC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/z91.md) Birch Creek Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [WBQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawb.md) Beaver Airport · 53 mi / 85 km
- [WCR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/palr.md) Chandalar Lake Airport · 66 mi / 106 km
- [CIK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paci.md) Chalkyitsik Airport · 76 mi / 122 km
- [ARC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/parc.md) Arctic Village Airport · 79 mi / 127 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))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Venetie Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Venetie_Airport&oldid=1363085341), 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/pave/data