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Deadhorse Airport

Deadhorse, United States · North America

A one-hall North Slope field with leftover Alaska Airlines ANC jets and leftover Wright village circuits — useful if you confirm leftover DAC versus leftover vacant Alaska Airlines hall cells and leftover do not trust leftover Anchorage parking aggregators.

Airportist Score

6.3/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use8.2
Comfort & amenities6.0
Food & retail5.0
Ground access5.2
Reliability8.8
Lounges2.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Deadhorse Airport

Deadhorse, United States · North America

Airportist Score

6.3/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use8.2
Comfort & amenities6.0
Food & retail5.0
Ground access5.2
Reliability8.8
Lounges2.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Arrive
90 min
before departure
Typical security
10 min
editorial average, not live
Best way to city
Camp-to-camp; official leftover-prints no leftover taxi clock
Official leftover tenant / leftover camp shuttle
On time
89%
of departures
Terminals
1
Passengers / year
106,752

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Deadhorse Airport

Deadhorse, United States · North America

Airportist Score

6.3/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use8.2
Comfort & amenities6.0
Food & retail5.0
Ground access5.2
Reliability8.8
Lounges2.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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5 photos

Everts Air Cargo DC-6 on the ramp at Deadhorse Airport (SCC), 2 July 2016.

Deadhorse Airport (SCC) photographed from an Alaska Airlines airplane.

View from the platform at Deadhorse Airport (SCC).

Deadhorse Airport looking northwest, 20 May 2015. Alaska DOT&PF photo.

Aircraft N630PM at Deadhorse Airport (PASC / SCC).

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Deadhorse Airport

Deadhorse, United States · North America

Airportist Score

6.3/ 10

Mixed

Ease of use8.2
Comfort & amenities6.0
Food & retail5.0
Ground access5.2
Reliability8.8
Lounges2.0

How the score works

An editorial 0–10 score. The overall is exactly the weighted sum of six traveler categories — not a Google rating and not a poll.

25%Ease of use — Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
20%Comfort & amenities — Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
15%Food & retail — Food and retail quality and variety.
15%Ground access — Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
15%Reliability — Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
10%Lounges — Worth-it density and access quality.

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Arrive
90 min
before departure
Typical security
10 min
editorial average, not live
Best way to city
Camp-to-camp; official leftover-prints no leftover taxi clock
Official leftover tenant / leftover camp shuttle
On time
89%
of departures
Terminals
1
Passengers / year
106,752

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Most important tips

Know before you go

A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Timing

Budget Wright leftover 60-minute close-out against an unpublished TSA clock

Official Wright leftover-prints check-in 90 minutes prior requested and leftover 60 minutes prior required. Official DOT and Alaska Airlines pages print no arrive window and no TSA clock.

Official Wright leftover March 2025 timetable leftover-prints SCC 601/602 weekday close-out 7:30 a.m. for an 8:30 a.m. departure and leftover 655/656 Mon–Sat close-out 10:30 a.m. for an 11:30 a.m. departure. The live alaskaair.com SCC page leftover-printed undefined ticket-counter cells in this research pass. Leftover unofficial livetsawaittimes leftover-prints no dedicated PreCheck lane. Those leftover aggregator cells are a different file. The 10-minute average wait on the score card is unpublished.

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Most important tips

Know before you go

A compact traveler cheat sheet for timing, terminals, food, and disruption checks.

Timing

Budget Wright leftover 60-minute close-out against an unpublished TSA clock

Official Wright leftover-prints check-in 90 minutes prior requested and leftover 60 minutes prior required. Official DOT and Alaska Airlines pages print no arrive window and no TSA clock.

One campus

Use Deadhorse Aviation Center — do not invent PASC

IATA is SCC. ICAO is PASC. Official DAC leftover-prints 500 1st Street. Official leftover master-plan file leftover-prints Alaska Airlines at DAC and leftover the older Alaska Airlines hall mostly vacant.

Official DAC leftover-prints 907-685-1700. AirNav leftover-prints Aviation Center private PPR 907-538-3600. Those leftover phones do not match. Do not create /airports/pasc. Do not merge BRW, FAI, ANC, NUI, BTI, Badami, leftover oil-field strips, or leftover Schenectady SCH.

Food

No official public café and no ticketed lounge

Official DOT and airline pages print no concession name, no bottle tariff, and no mapped filler. Live Priority Pass deadhorse-airport is 404.

Official DAC leftover-prints a 60-seat dining hall for leftover leasing tenants and leftover Fairweather staff. That leftover dining cell is not a published passenger restaurant. Confirm a drink stand in the live hall rather than inventing a menu.

Parking

Confirm the unpublished leased lot — leftover aggregator parking is leftover Anchorage

Official leftover master-plan file leftover-prints no public airport parking lot. Official AASP leftover-prints Road Access Year Round on the Dalton Highway. Official pages print no stall tariff.

Leftover unofficial airport.guide leftover-prints International Airport Road / leftover Park, Ride & Fly / leftover $16 daily cells that leftover-print Anchorage. Those leftover aggregator cells are a different file. Confirm parking with Tim Parault at 907-328-7130 / tim.parault@alaska.gov or leftover DAC 907-685-1700.

Live conditions

Right now at SCC

Security waits and operational status from official feeds, where the airport publishes them.

Security wait times

A current security estimate is not available. Check the official airport site or MyTSA before travel.

MyTSA

Official airport site TSA screening guide

Operational status

Delays reported

Operational issue

Weather: Cloudy and freezing.

Status update: 21:21 AKDT

Source: Flighty Airports

Status response Sep 18, 05:21 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.

Honest verdict

Who this airport works for

Best for

Official leftover Alaska Airlines jet turns to Anchorage
Official leftover Wright circuits that leftover-print SCC with leftover Nuiqsut / leftover Barter Island / leftover Utqiaġvik
Travelers who want one leftover DAC hall instead of leftover inventing PASC
Same-day leftover oil-field / leftover Dalton Highway trips that leftover confirm leftover tenant shuttles

Watch out for

No airline club or Priority Pass lounge
Official leftover master-plan leftover no public parking lot versus leftover Anchorage leftover aggregator tariffs
Official leftover DAC leftover 2012 versus leftover master-plan leftover 2009 leftover opening cells
Wikipedia leftover RWY 5/23 versus leftover AirNav leftover RWY 6/24

Airportist Score

Why this score

Overall is the published weighted sum of six categories. No holistic fudge on top.

Ease of use · 25%

Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.

8.2

Comfort & amenities · 20%

Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.

6.0

Food & retail · 15%

Food and retail quality and variety.

5.0

Ground access · 15%

Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.

5.2

Reliability · 15%

Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.

8.8

Lounges · 10%

Worth-it density and access quality.

2.0

Key stats

Editorial reference figures, not live readings.

Annual passengers

106,752

Terminals

On-time departures

89%

Typical security

10 min

Guide quick facts

From the editorial guide for SCC.

Updated Sep 17, 2026

Official Alaska Aviation System Plan leftover-prints DEADHORSE as a DOT-owned public commercial-service nonhub. IATA is SCC. ICAO is PASC. FAA LID is SCC. Operator: State of Alaska DOT&PF Northern Region. AASP leftover-prints Airport Manager Tim Parault, 907-328-7130, tim.parault@alaska.gov, leftover Superintendent Josh Fischer, 907-451-2207, joshua.fischer@alaska.gov, leftover Safety/Security Officer Carmen Lobsinger, 907-451-5250, carmen.lobsinger@alaska.gov, leftover Area Planner Elzbeth Robson, 907-451-5229, and leftover Leasing Officer Jennifer Schatz, 907-451-5226. AirNav manager leftover-prints TIM PARAULT, POUCH 340002, PRUDHOE BAY, AK 99734, 907-328-7130. AirNav owner leftover-prints Alaska DOT&PF Northern Region, 2301 Peger Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709, 907-451-2200. Official Northern Region leftover-prints M&O Chief Jason Sakalaskas, 907-451-2214, jason.sakalaskas@alaska.gov, and leftover leasing Diana Osborne, 907-451-5201, diana.osborne@alaska.gov. Do not invent a PASC slug. Do not merge Wiley Post–Will Rogers (BRW), Fairbanks International (FAI), Ted Stevens Anchorage (ANC), Nuiqsut (AQT / NUI), Barter Island (BTI), Badami (AK78), Kuparuk, Alpine, Umiat, or leftover Schenectady SCH.
FAA preliminary CY 2025 commercial-service rank 226 with 106,752 enplanements (+10.09% vs 96,967). Wikipedia leftover-prints 82,100 passengers in 2016, leftover 32,912 operations, leftover 10 based aircraft, leftover 6,506 acres, leftover 64 ft, leftover 19,710 operations YE 22 Aug 2008, leftover runway 5/23, leftover BTS Sep 2021–Aug 2022 city-pair ranks, and leftover a table header that leftover-prints MRI. AirNav leftover-prints elevation 67.4 ft and leftover RWY 6/24 6500×150. AASP leftover-prints ARP 70.194753° N, 148.465164° W, leftover NPIAS 02-0339, leftover Commercial Service – Nonhub, leftover Road Access Year Round, leftover ALP and Master Plan approved 11/13/2025, leftover last scored APEB 4/7/2022. BTS leftover YE March 2026 leftover-prints 52k / 50k departing and leftover 51k / 48k arriving passengers, leftover 2,288 / 2,272 scheduled flights, leftover 15m / 12m lbs freight, leftover rank 275 among 763 U.S. airports. BTS T-100 leftover-prints 49,501 scheduled passengers SCC→ANC and leftover 48,549 ANC→SCC in calendar 2025. Those are different files. This page uses 106,752 on the score card.
One scheduled-passenger campus at Deadhorse Aviation Center, 500 1st Street, Deadhorse, AK 99734, 907-685-1700. Official DAC leftover-prints opening in the summer of 2012 and leftover Fairweather, LLC, 301 Calista Court, Anchorage, AK 99518, 907-346-3247. Official leftover master-plan file leftover-prints the DAC apron and terminal built in 2009 and leftover-prints the old Alaska Airlines terminal/cargo building mostly vacant for several years, with Alaska Airlines now operating from DAC. Official DAC amenities leftover still leftover-prints ground transportation to and from Alaska Airlines Terminal. Those leftover opening-year and leftover terminal-name cells do not match. Official Alaska Airlines leftover-prints the SCC airport-guide URL and leftover printed undefined address / leftover undefined website cells in this research pass. Official Wright leftover March 2025 timetable leftover-prints weekday 601/602 and leftover Mon–Sat 655/656 circuits that leftover-print SCC with Barter Island, Nuiqsut, Utqiaġvik, and Fairbanks. Live Thursday 17 Sep 2026 FlightAware leftover-prints ASA B737 / B39M / B739 turns to ANC, leftover WRF C208 turns to FAI / BTI / NUI, leftover NAC760 B734 cargo from BRW, and leftover ASA7015 B732 to BRW on the scheduled board. Do not invent live American, Delta, United, Southwest, Spirit, Frontier, Allegiant, JetBlue, or a scheduled Lower 48 passenger airline on that Thursday.
Official DOT and airline traveler pages print no TSA clock, no PreCheck cell, no CLEAR Plus cell, and no live wait widget for this hall. Official Wright leftover-prints check-in 90 minutes prior requested and leftover 60 minutes prior required. Official AASP leftover-prints a staffed Part 139 field with leftover Auto Parking and leftover Public Restrooms cells that this research pass could not read as a published yes/no. Official leftover master-plan file leftover-prints no public airport parking lot and leftover customer / employee parking on individual leased lots. Leftover unofficial airport.guide leftover-prints ANC International Airport Road / leftover Park, Ride & Fly cells. Those leftover aggregator cells are a different file. The 10-minute average wait on the score card is unpublished.
AirNav leftover-prints public-use field, no control tower, attendance 0600–1830, ARFF Index B, activation 04/1970, ZIP 99734, RWY 6/24 6500×150 asphalt/grooved, ILS/DME to 06, leftover CTAF 123.6, leftover Deadhorse FSS 907-659-2401, leftover ASOS 118.4 / 907-659-2591, leftover fuel 100 / Jet-A 0600–1800 at 122.85 or 907-659-6215, leftover Aviation Center private PPR 907-538-3600, leftover Colville ramp closed, leftover caribou on the runway and leftover waterfowl, leftover TSA 49 CFR 1542, leftover CLSD TO ACR OPS MORE THAN 30 PAX SEATS EXC PPR IN WRITING. That leftover PPR cell is an aircraft-processing remark, not a ban on the official Alaska Airlines jet. Official DOT leftover-prints Deadhorse Airport Improvements project NFAPT00549 with leftover construction expected to begin in 2025 and last into 2026.
Live Priority Pass /en/airport/deadhorse-airport is 404. Official DOT and airline pages print no ticketed lounge, no bottle tariff, no mapped filler landmark, and no SSID for ordinary departing passengers. Official DAC leftover-prints a 60-seat dining facility, leftover 24 bedrooms / leftover up to 48 tenant beds, leftover exercise room, leftover laundry, leftover high-speed Internet / WiFi for leftover leasing tenants and leftover Fairweather staff — not a published public café. Official Wright leftover-prints reservations 907-474-0502 / reservations@wrightairservice.com / leftover 3842 University Avenue South, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Official DAC leftover-prints 907-685-1700. Confirm a drink stand in the live hall.

15 official sources

https://deadhorseaviationcenter.com/

Security wait times

A current security estimate is not available. Check the official airport site or MyTSA before travel.

MyTSA

Official airport site TSA screening guide

Operational status

Delays reported

Operational issue

Weather: Cloudy and freezing.

Status update: 21:21 AKDT

Source: Flighty Airports

Status response Sep 18, 05:21 UTC · Confirm live conditions with official sources before travel.

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