Adak Airport
ADK · PADK · Adak Island, Alaska · Aleutians West County · map
Adak Airport is a public-use airport in Adak Island, Alaska, 20 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 7,790 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A-1).
Weather right now PADK · observed 11:56 am HDT (20:56 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 10 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 3,500 feet
- Temperature 49°F (9°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.38 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 PADK 062056Z AUTO 32010G16KT 10SM BKN035 09/04 A3038 RMK AO2 RAB03E28 SLP286 P0001 60001 T00940044 50008
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 ADK · ICAO PADK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 20 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Tuesday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- W Aleutian Isls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 7,790 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 600 ft, 6,190 ft available for landing
- Runway 23: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), 6,790 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Adak and center (remote transmitter) High | 126.4 | |
| Adk and aWOS-3P | 134.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-621-7603.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Adak Island from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Adak Island, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats prior permission required in writing - amgr P.O. box 1952 Adak AK 99546.
- Activate mals runway 23; runway end identifier lights runway 23; PAPI runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Nonstd length 600 feet.
- Unusable beyond 7 degrees right of centerline.
- Volcano 5710 feet above sea level 22.3 NM brg 059 degreess.
- Ctn: exp wind shear.
- Lock brake turns NA.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Paew on runway.
- Aft hour haz rprtg, snow and ice removal prior permission required in writing - amgr.
- Rcmnd visual insp prior to use.
- Be alert durg approach; MT trrn all quads.
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.