Kaktovik Alaska ZIP Codes

Kaktovik holds a single ZIP code.

Every ZIP code in Kaktovik

The complete list of Kaktovik, Alaska ZIP codes with the borough or census area each falls in.
ZIP codeBorough or census area
99747North Slope Borough

We do not publish a delivery type (standard, PO box, unique) or a neighbourhood for each ZIP. USPS delivery-type products are licensed, and no clean-rights source maps ZIP codes to neighbourhoods — so the Kaktovik codes above are listed without a column we would have to invent.

Scope every ZIP code recorded for Kaktovik. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated . ZIP codes are delivery-route groupings, not areas; the boundaries implied by any ZIP map are approximations.

How these codes cluster

Every Kaktovik ZIP code begins 997. Those first three digits identify the sectional center facility that processes mail for this part of Alaska. Statewide that range covers 82 ZIP codes, so Kaktovik accounts for 1% of it.

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Area codes covering Kaktovik

ZIP codes and area codes are separate systems — one routes mail, the other routes calls — and they do not share boundaries. The code below serves the same ground Kaktovik occupies.

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Where Kaktovik's ZIP codes sit

Each point is one Kaktovik ZIP code, plotted from its record coordinates.
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Cities near Kaktovik

The closest places to Kaktovik with their own ZIP code list, nearest first.
CityDistanceZIP codes
Nuiqsut Alaska ZIP codes173 mi1 ZIP code
Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska ZIP codes241 mi1 ZIP code
Fort Yukon Alaska ZIP codes248 mi1 ZIP code
Atqasuk Alaska ZIP codes319 mi1 ZIP code
Allakaket Alaska ZIP codes336 mi1 ZIP code
Eagle Alaska ZIP codes377 mi1 ZIP code
Wainwright Alaska ZIP codes380 mi1 ZIP code
Fairbanks Alaska ZIP codes380 mi10 ZIP codes

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance.