Deering Airport (
Iñupiaq: ''Ipnatchiam Mirvia'') is a state-owned public-use
airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) southwest of the
central business district
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of
Deering,
a city in the
Northwest Arctic Borough of the
U.S. state of
Alaska.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier for the
FAA and
IATA
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, this airport is assigned DEE by the FAA
and DRG by the IATA. The airport's
ICAO
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identifier is PADE.
Facilities
Deering Airport covers an area of at an
elevation of 21 feet (6 m) above
mean sea level. It has two
gravel
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Gravel is classifi ...
surfaced
runways: 2/20 measures 3,300 by 75 feet (1,006 x 23 m) and 11/29 is 2,640 by 75 feet (805 x 23 m).
Airlines and destinations
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.
Statistics
References
External links
FAA Alaska airport diagram(GIF
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)
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Airports in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska