Elim Airport
ELI · PFEL · Elim, Alaska · Nome County · map
Elim Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Elim, Alaska, 162 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,401 feet of gravel and dirt. The FAA counts about 200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,053 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Elim Airport?
Its FAA code is ELI, and its ICAO code is PFEL.
Where is Elim Airport?
It is 3 miles southwest of Elim, Alaska, 162 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Elim Airport?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,401 feet long, gravel and dirt.
Does Elim Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Elim Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Nome, Golovin, Unalakleet, Koyuk Alfred Adams, White Mountain. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Elim Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ELI · ICAO PFEL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 162 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,401 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 12 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 19: hill 744 ft high 8,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Eli and aWOS-3P | 121.425 | |
| Elim and rco | 122.15 | Elim · Communications provided by Nome Flight Service on frequency 122.15 (Elim rco). |
| Nome and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-890-2014.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Surveyed
- Runway 19 slopes uphill 0.5% to south end.
- Runway 01/19 marked with lights and plastic markers.
- Runway 19, +744 feet hill, dist 8700 feet from runway 19 end, 500 feet R.
- +744 feet hill 8700 feet from runway end 500 feet R.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -34C.
- Sinking area midfield west side of runway 10'INSIDE lights 20' outside.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,105 departures from ELI in those twelve months, carrying 3,891 passengers in 8,839 seats (44% filled), to 17 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elim → Nome ELI–OME | 535 | 1,757 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Elim → Golovin ELI–GLV | 315 | 1,396 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC |
| Elim → Unalakleet ELI–UNK | 91 | 113 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC |
| Elim → Koyuk Alfred Adams ELI–KKA | 72 | 356 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Elim → White Mountain ELI–WMO | 47 | 167 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC |
| Elim → Shaktoolik ELI–SKK | 24 | 38 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Elim → Stebbins ELI–WBB | 4 | 6 | Bering Air Inc., Fox Aircraft, LLC, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Elim → Bethel ELI–BET | 3 | 0 | Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC |
All 17 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 200 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Elim from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Elim, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Nome (OME) 535 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Golovin (GLV) 315 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Unalakleet (UNK) 91 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Koyuk Alfred Adams (KKA) 72 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- White Mountain (WMO) 47 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Shaktoolik (SKK) 24 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Stebbins (WBB) 4 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Bethel (BET) 3 flights in twelve months · Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation, Fox Aircraft, LLC
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ELI.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.