PFEL
Elim Airport
LIFR
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Name
Elim Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
PFEL / ELI / PFEL
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- Region
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Timezone
5:02 pm (AKST)
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Municipality
Elim
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Coordinates
64° 36′ 52″ N 162° 16′ 19″ E
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Elevation
162 ft (49 m MSL)
About Elim Airport
Elim Airport (IATA: ELI, ICAO: PFEL, FAA LID: ELI) is a state-owned, public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Elim, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.
This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, where it is listed as commercial service - non-primary, an FAA category for airports with 2,500 to 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) per year. However, Federal Aviation Administration records for calendar year 2008 categorized it as general aviation based on 2,356 enplanements that year, a decrease of 26.1% from the 3,189 enplanements in 2007.