# Unalakleet Airport (UNK)

> Unalakleet, US · IATA: UNK · ICAO: PAUN · Medium Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `UNK` |
| ICAO | `PAUN` |
| City | Unalakleet |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 8 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 63.88840, -160.79900 |

## Description

Seven hundred people, three airlines, one wind that never quits: Unalakleet Airport (IATA: UNK, ICAO: PAUN) anchors the Norton Sound coast as a freight transfer point between the Yukon Delta villages and Nome. Everts Air Cargo lists Unalakleet among its scheduled hub destinations, Ravn Alaska flies passengers and Bypass Mail from Anchorage, and Bering Air links northward. Outbound air cargo has a specialty: silver salmon from the Unalakleet River, prized across Alaska. The village name translates roughly as "place where the east wind blows" — pilots confirm the etymology daily. Every March, Iditarod mushers reach the Bering Sea coast here, at the race's first saltwater checkpoint.

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