Gambell Airport
GAM · PAGM · Gambell, Alaska · Nome County · map
Gambell Airport is a public-use airport in Gambell, Alaska, 30 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,500 feet of asphalt and concrete. The FAA counts about 1,652 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,948 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Gambell Airport?
Its FAA code is GAM, and its ICAO code is PAGM.
Where is Gambell Airport?
It is in Gambell, Alaska, 30 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Gambell Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,500 feet long, asphalt and concrete.
Does Gambell Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Gambell Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Nome, Savoonga, Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Unalakleet, Shishmaref. 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 Gambell 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 GAM · ICAO PAGM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 30 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
- Bethel sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, ant 98 ft high 3,400 ft from the end
- Runway 34: VASI, four boxes on the right, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 | |
| Gambell and rco | 122.0 | Gambell · Communications provided by Nome Flight Service on frequency 122.0 (Gambell rco). |
| Gam and aWOS-3P | 125.9 | |
| Gambell and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-560-7605.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
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
- Activate odals runway 34; runway end identifier lights runway 16; VASI runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Safety areas soft and loose gravel.
- 98 feet lighted tower 3400 feet from approach end.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -26C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 1,102 departures from GAM in those twelve months, carrying 4,445 passengers in 7,830 seats (57% filled), to 13 destinations on 3 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambell → Nome GAM–OME | 801 | 2,759 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Gambell → Savoonga GAM–SVA | 278 | 1,525 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Gambell → Ted Stevens Anchorage International GAM–ANC | 7 | 20 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Gambell → Unalakleet GAM–UNK | 4 | 36 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Gambell → Shishmaref GAM–SHH | 3 | 24 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Gambell → Shaktoolik GAM–SKK | 2 | 18 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Gambell → Bethel GAM–BET | 1 | 0 | Fox Aircraft, LLC |
| Gambell → Gambell GAM–GAM | 1 | 0 | Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
All 13 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 1,652, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,652 |
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 Gambell from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Gambell, 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.
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 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Nome (OME) 801 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Savoonga (SVA) 278 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 7 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Unalakleet (UNK) 4 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Shishmaref (SHH) 3 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Shaktoolik (SKK) 2 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Bethel (BET) 1 flights in twelve months · Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Gambell (GAM) 1 flights in twelve months · Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GAM.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.