Port Clarence Coast Guard Station

Port Clarence Coast Guard Station (PAPC) is a medium airport in Port Clarence, AK. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code PAPC or IATA code KPC. It sits in North America.

Port Clarence Coast Guard Station is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 4,497-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.

The longest runway measures 4,497 ft (1,371 m), a light-jet-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Phenom 300, Citation CJ4, and Learjet 75. In practice this limits operations to light jets, turboprops, and short-field-capable aircraft.

Port Clarence Coast Guard Station sits near sea level at 10 ft.

Local operations run on America/Nome. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess inventory for PAPC updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

Regional fields like PAPC are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Port Clarence Coast Guard Station is a private-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Port Clarence in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is owned by the U.S. Government.