Umiat Airport
UMT · PAUM · Umiat, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Umiat Airport is a public-use airport in Umiat, Alaska, 268 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,583 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UMT · ICAO PAUM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 268 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,583 × 100 ft | Gravel and dirt, poor |
- Runway 06: brush on the approach
- Runway 24: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
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Aircraft registered in Umiat from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Umiat, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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 FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Mtn ridges north and south.
- Grass and weeds growing on runway surface with ruts up to 4 in. Runway soft when wet.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Wildlife and birds on and in the vicinity of runway.
- No winter maintenance or snow removal.
- When available weather rprts hrly only.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.