# Gambell Airport (GAM)

> Gambell, US · IATA: GAM · ICAO: PAGM · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `GAM` |
| ICAO | `PAGM` |
| City | Gambell |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 8 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 63.76769, -171.73330 |

## Description

Bering Air is the lifeline carrier at Gambell Airport (GAM/PAGM) on St. Lawrence Island, serving the Siberian Yupik village of roughly 600 people from Nome and onward to Savoonga as of 2026. Since Ravn Alaska ceased operations, Bering Air and freight carrier Ryan Air are the airlines regularly serving the region's villages. There is no road access, so almost every consumer good arrives by air, much of it under the Alaska Bypass Mail programme, which flies palletised shipments into the villages at subsidised postal rates — a system under financial strain, with rates rising sharply of late. Heavy equipment, fuel and building material instead arrive on the summer barge. Forwarders treat Nome (OME) as the real transhipment point and Anchorage (ANC) as the gateway from the contiguous United States; Russia's Chukotka coast lies under 60 km away but carries no traffic relevance.

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