King Cove is 1000 miles from ANWR!  Typical lower 48 cluelessness.  The Cold Bay airport is long enough to land 747s with all weather instrumentation.  Both are impossible to achieve with the King Cove airport due to its proximity to mountainous terrain.  As someone who's docked 300' ships in Cold Bay for over a decade I can tell you that who ever decided on %99 reliability for the ship option has absolutely zero idea of what they are talking about.  

Yes there are plenty of Alaska villages without road access or major airports, but King Cove is the only one within 20miles of one of the largest runways in Alaska.  The others would be ecstatic to have the same proximity, or maybe not since it's obvious Aleut lives take a back seat to ducks and geese.  Ducks and geese which are slaughtered by the thousands down in California, Oregon and Mexico by way. ;)
No problems with red necks from the left coast killing the waterfowl but roads that save lives aren't acceptable?