Unalakleet
UNK · PAUNUnalakleet Airport
Passengers a year
15K
#243 busiest in the U.S.
7
nonstop destinations
9
airlines
8
departures a day
48.6%
load factor
Airlines
Bering Air is the largest carrier at Unalakleet, with 71% of all passengers. 9 airlines fly from here.
Share of passengers · each carrier as a slice of the whole airport
Bering Air holds 71% of the airport — the 30th most concentrated of 120 non-hub airports. The nearest comparison is HHH at 71%.
| Airline | Share | Passengers | |
|---|---|---|---|
8E Bering Air39% full | 70.6% | 10.6K | 6 |
VC Sterling Airways71% full | 25.9% | 3.9K | 1 |
7S Ryan Air5% full | 2.1% | 320 | 4 |
6F Fox Aircraft32% full | 1.1% | 164 | — |
8V Wright Air Service21% full | 0.1% | 22 | — |
Share, passengers and destinations count each airline’s own flights plus the regional flying sold under its brand.
Destinations
7 nonstop destinations from Unalakleet, all domestic.
100% domestic · 0% international · by departing passengers
Top domestic destinations
Sterling Airways
Bering Air
Shaktoolik (SKK)
1.5K1,509 departing · 28% full
Bering Air · Ryan Air
St Michael (SMK)
744744 departing · 16% full
Bering Air · Ryan Air
Stebbins (WBB)
353353 departing · 9% full
Bering Air · Ryan Air
Koyuk (KKA)
190190 departing · 7% full
Bering Air · Ryan Air
Elim (ELI)
5353 departing · 42% full
Bering Air
All nonstop destinations
7 nonstop · 3 airlines · 7 domestic / 0 intl
Aircraft
By share of departures at Unalakleet.
Cessna C208B
1,659 departures · 38% full
53.5%
Cessna C206
933 departures · 3% full
30.1%
Cessna Skycourier 408
138 departures · 0% full
4.5%
Beech 200 Super Kingair
102 departures · 50% full
3.3%
Saab 2000
90 departures · 71% full
2.9%
Casa/Nurtanio C212 Aviocar
55 departures · 0% full
1.8%
Beech 1900 A
46 departures · 46% full
1.5%
Cessna 208 Caravan
44 departures · 14% full
1.4%
Piper PA-31
26 departures · 32% full
0.8%
Pilatus PC-12
6 departures · 30% full
0.2%
When Unalakleet is busiest
Departures by month over the trailing year. Bars scale to the busiest month.
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Departures a month · peak March 2026
Annual passengers since 1990
Total passengers, arriving and departing, in every year on record.
Passengers a year
Every year
- 1990
- 7,549
- 1991
- 4,247
- 2000
- 5
- 2002
- 24,920
- 2003
- 25,536
- 2004
- 22,973
- 2005
- 23,842
- 2006
- 25,626
- 2007
- 26,219
- 2008
- 29,058
- 2009
- 25,826
- 2010
- 29,173
- 2011
- 30,025
- 2012
- 31,614
- 2013
- 32,961
- 2014
- 34,425
- 2015
- 35,384
- 2016
- 36,592
- 2017
- 35,323
- 2018
- 35,413
- 2019
- 34,398
- 2020
- 10,134
- 2021
- 16,833
- 2022
- 20,940
- 2023
- 21,404
- 2024
- 17,701
- 2025
- 12,585
- 2026
- 9,607 so far
Frequently asked
How busy is Unalakleet Airport (UNK)?
Unalakleet Airport handled about 15K passengers over the trailing 12 months, ranking #243 among U.S. airports by passengers, with roughly 8 departures a day.
Which airline is the largest at Unalakleet Airport (UNK)?
Bering Air is the largest carrier at Unalakleet (UNK), flying about 71% of its passengers. 9 airlines serve Unalakleet in total.
How many places can you fly nonstop from Unalakleet Airport (UNK)?
Unalakleet (UNK) has 7 nonstop destinations, all domestic.
What aircraft flies most from Unalakleet Airport (UNK)?
The Cessna C208B flew the largest share of departures from Unalakleet (UNK), about 54% of the total.
Departing counts passengers leaving Unalakleet. Data: traffic August 2025 – July 2026. Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100 Segment).