Port Clarence Coast Guard Station
Port Clarence Coast Guard Station is a private-use airport located one nautical mile 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.
History
Point Spencer Air Force Base was constructed in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces. The runway was installed with Pierced Steel Planking runway. Around 1948, the base was closed and mothballed. It was thought that the Russians were using the airfield, so in 1950, a team of army engineers were deployed from a C-47 Skytrain to destroy the remaining hangars and buildings. The Pierced Steel Planking was dismantled, and the buildings were demolished and burnt.Port Clarence Coast Guard Station
In 1961, a survey was conducted to construct the Coast Guard's LORAN Station Port Clarence, located south of the former airfield.Shortly afterwards in 1963, the Port Clarence Coast Guard Station airfield was established on the location of the former air base.