Point Thomson Airstrip Airport
37AA · PAAD · Deadhorse, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Point Thomson Airstrip Airport is a private airport owned by Hilcorp Alaska, LLC, 44 miles east of Deadhorse, Alaska, 56 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,000 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now PAAD · observed 2:35 pm AKDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 1,700 feet
- Temperature 26°F (-4°C), dew point 22°F (-6°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAAD 062235Z AUTO 07013KT 10SM OVC017 M04/M06 A3000 RMK AO2 T10361058 FZRANO
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 37AA · ICAO PAAD
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Hilcorp Alaska, LLC
- Elevation
- 56 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2011
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Gravel | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Deadhorse and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 134.4 |
Aircraft registered in Deadhorse from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Deadhorse, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
- Ptz AWOS-3P is associated with Point Thomson Airstrip 37AA.
- Activate PAPI runway 05 and 23 - the common traffic frequency.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.