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Shungnak Airport is a small state-owned, public-use airfield serving the remote Iñupiaq village of Shungnak in Alaska's Northwest Arctic, on the banks of the Kobuk River. It offers a single paved, lit runway and operates as an uncontrolled field relying on CTAF for traffic coordination, making it a straightforward but remote VFR destination for bush pilots.
Shungnak Airport is a state-owned, public-use aerodrome located at the community of Shungnak in the Northwest Arctic region of Alaska. Known in Iñupiaq as Isiŋnam Mirvia or Nuurviuram Mirvia, it exists primarily to connect this small riverside village with the wider Alaskan air transport network, and for the visiting sim pilot it offers the classic experience of a remote, uncontrolled bush strip set against the vast wilderness of the Kobuk River valley.
The airfield sits within uncontrolled Class G airspace typical of rural Alaska, with Anchorage Center providing overlying en route services. It is located at Shungnak, a city in the Northwest Arctic Borough of Alaska, on the Kobuk River.
Shungnak Airport has one physical runway, 10/28, with a hard surface measuring 4,421 feet in length. Both runway ends are lit, and there is no ILS or other instrument approach aid at the field.
Traffic should self-announce on the common traffic advisory frequency, 122.7 MHz. Flight service is available through Kotzebue FSS on 122 MHz, and Anchorage Center provides area control services on 119.2 MHz. There is no ILS or published instrument approach at Shungnak.
The airport lies at the village of Shungnak on the Kobuk River, within the Northwest Arctic Borough, providing a clear visual reference point amid the surrounding tundra and river terrain.
Shungnak Airport is a state-owned, public-use facility built to serve the Iñupiaq community of Shungnak, whose Iñupiaq names for the field, Isiŋnam Mirvia and Nuurviuram Mirvia, reflect its local significance. Historically it has functioned as one of the small regional airports linking villages of Alaska's Northwest Arctic to larger hub communities.
The airport has been served by Bering Air, which has operated scheduled flights connecting Shungnak with the nearby communities of Ambler, Kobuk, and Kotzebue.
