Airports / Alaska / NUP
Nunapitchuk Airport
NUPNunapitchuk, AlaskaELEV 12 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
3 nm
To the nearest alternate
Kasigluk Airport (KUK) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Nunapitchuk, Alaska, Nunapitchuk Airport (NUP) operates as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 12 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
NUP has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Kasigluk Airport (KUK, 3 nm), Atmautluak Airport (ATT, 5 nm), and Napakiak Airport (WNA, 19 nm).
Quotes for flights out of NUP vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from NUP, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
16A
IATA
NUP
FAA / Local
16A
Elevation
12 ft
Coordinates
60.9056° N · 162.4405° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 12 ft, NUP sits lower than 96% of the 285 Alaska fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 3nmKUKKasigluk AirportKasigluk
- 5nmATTAtmautluak AirportAtmautluak
- 19nmWNANapakiak AirportNapakiak
- 19nmBETBethel AirportBethel
- 23nmPKANapaskiak AirportNapaskiak
- 28nmKKIAkiachak AirportAkiachak
Location
Open the full map16A · Nunapitchuk Airport · Nunapitchuk, AK