Ambler Airport — Ambler, United States

Ambler Airport serves the small community of Ambler in northwestern Alaska, well above the Arctic Circle, where two runways handle traffic at just 334 feet above sea level. It functions as a critical link for a village with no road connection to the rest of Alaska. Air travel is often the only practical way in or out of towns scattered across this part of the state, and Ambler is no exception. Passengers, mail, and freight all move through this modestly sized airport, which stands in for the highway system that simply does not reach this far into rural Alaska.