Shishmaref Airport (IATA: SHH, ICAO: PASH, FAA LID: SHH) (Inupiaq: Qigiqtam Mizrvia) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Shishmaref, a village in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23 and measuring 5,000 x 70 ft. (1,524 x 21 m).[1] Shishmaref is located on Sarichef Island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait and five miles from the mainland.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 5,040 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2006 and 4,732 enplanements in 2007.[2] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), it is classified as commercial service - non-primary because it has between 2,500 and 10,000 passenger boardings per year.[3]
Former airport
The old airport was located just east on the edge of town with a north-south runway. Housing now occupies much of the old runway with only the south end and north part north of Housing Trail of the former runway visible (marked X).
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Bering Air | Nome, Wales[4] |
See also
References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for SHH PDF, effective 2009-05-07.
- ^ FAA Passenger Boarding Data: 2006, 2007
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
- ^ "Bering Air Nome & Unalakleet Schedule" (PDF). Bering Air. Sep 10, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-06-09.
External links
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SHH, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SHH
- AirNav airport information for PASH
- ASN accident history for SHH
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PASH
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for SHH
