Airports / Alaska / TNC
Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport
PATC / TNCTin City, AlaskaELEV 271 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
6 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wales Airport (WAA) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport (PATC / TNC) is a general aviation field serving Tin City, Alaska. The field lies at an elevation of 271 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
TNC has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Wales Airport (WAA, 6 nm), Diomede Heliport (DIO, 28 nm), and Port Clarence Coast Guard Station (KPC, 32 nm).
Quotes for flights out of TNC vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from TNC, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PATC
IATA
TNC
FAA / Local
TNC
Elevation
271 ft
Coordinates
65.5631° N · 167.9220° 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 271 ft, TNC sits higher than 66% 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.
- 6nmWAAWales AirportWales
- 28nmDIODiomede HeliportDiomede
- 32nmKPCPort Clarence Coast Guard StationPort Clarence
- 39nmKTSBrevig Mission AirportBrevig Mission
- 44nmTLATeller AirportTeller
- 61nmSHHShishmaref AirportShishmaref
Location
Open the full mapPATC · Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport · Tin City, AK
From the ramp
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