Deering Airport
Deering Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles southwest of the central business district 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, this airport is assigned DEE by the FAA and DRG by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is PADE.
Facilities
Deering Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 21 feet above mean sea level. It has two gravel surfaced runways: 2/20 measures 3,300 by 75 feet and 11/29 is 2,640 by 75 feet.Airlines and destinations
Prior to its bankruptcy and cessation of all operations, Ravn Alaska served the airport from multiple locations.Statistics
Rank | City | Airport | Passengers |
1 | Kotzebue, AK | Ralph Wien Memorial Airport | 1,000 |
2 | Buckland, AK | Buckland Airport | 180 |
3 | Nome, AK | Nome Airport | 10 |