# Deering Airport (DRG)

> Deering, US · IATA: DRG · ICAO: PADE · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `DRG` |
| ICAO | `PADE` |
| City | Deering |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 6 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 66.06890, -162.76691 |

## Description

Deering began around 1900 as a reindeer station supplying the gold camps of the Seward Peninsula, and its roughly 160 Iñupiat residents still live on the same two supply lines: aircraft and the summer barge. Deering Airport (IATA: DRG, ICAO: PADE) works two gravel runways of about 3,320 and 2,660 feet (roughly 1,010 and 810 metres), with no cargo terminal, no customs post and no jet-capable pavement. Bering Air moves freight from Kotzebue (OTZ) in the cabin and belly of small aircraft, quoting roughly USD 0.95 to 1.10 per pound depending on consignment weight. Groceries and consumer goods mostly arrive under the US Postal Service Bypass Mail programme, which carries palletised consignments from Anchorage (ANC) via Kotzebue at subsidised rates. Fuel, building material and vehicles travel by barge across Kotzebue Sound during the ice-free months, because no road links the village to the rest of Alaska. Forwarders consolidate at Kotzebue Ralph Wien Memorial (OTZ) or Nome (OME), with Anchorage (ANC) handling anything intercontinental. Coastal erosion and autumn storms keep eating at the spit, and the Alaska Department of Transportation is pursuing airport and access-road improvements.

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