Kodiak Airport
ADQ · PADQ · Kodiak, Alaska · Kodiak Island County · map
Kodiak Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles southwest of Kodiak, Alaska, 79 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 7,534 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
Weather right now PADQ · observed 12:53 pm AKDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 3,500 feet
- Temperature 53°F (12°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:26 am AKDT (17:26 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, overcast at 7,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm AKDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the west at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, a broken layer at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am AKDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, overcast at 4,000 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PADQ 062053Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW035 12/04 A2968 RMK AO2 SLP049 T01170044 51019 $
TAF PADQ 061726Z 0618/0718 28005KT P6SM FEW025 OVC070 FM070600 28004KT P6SM FEW025 BKN040 FM071600 29005KT P6SM VCSH BKN025 OVC040
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 ADQ · ICAO PADQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 79 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 8:00 pm 1 oct-31 mar, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm 1 apr-30 sep.
- Attended
- every day, same as airport maintenance hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 7,534 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 11/29 | 5,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 5,010 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 1,138 ft, 6,396 ft available for landing, hill 2,427 ft high 5,686 ft from the end
- Runway 26: ILS with DME, VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 11: threshold displaced 440 ft, 4,402 ft available for landing, trees 60 ft high 560 ft from the end
- Runway 29: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 556 ft, 4,402 ft available for landing
- Runway 01: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 130 ft high 3,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · Kodiak and rco | 119.8 | Kodiak |
| UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.45 | Kodiak |
| Ground | 121.9 | Kodiak |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Kodiak |
| Kodiak and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.1 | Kodiak |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-621-4189.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Kodiak from the FAA register
102 aircraft are registered to owners in Kodiak, Alaska: 85 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 6 helicopters, 4 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 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
- Closed to air carrier operations gtr than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required in writing - amgr P.O. box 1500 anton larson road Kodiak AK 99615.
- JASU-5(A/M32A-86); 1(MA-1A). Available uscg only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 01 and 26; VASI runway 01, 26, 29; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19, 08/26, 11/29; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Summer maintenance apr 1 - oct 13 daily 6:00 am to 6:30 pm. Winter maintenance oct 14 - mar 31 daily 5:00 am to 6:30 pm.
- When the control tower closed; landing runway 26 or departure runway 08 psbl tall vessels xng runway 26 approach 8:00 pm to 2:00 pm feet from approach end. 120 feet ships an X chnl between puffin island/adq; all hour.
- 7 feet blast barrier 40 feet from threshold; hwy 60 feet from threshold.
- Mtus trrn on approach; recommended use only by pilots familiar. Heavy lift cargo rstrd from full pwr tkoff WO prior permission required - amgr.
- Omni drctnl.
- Runway 01 VASI does not provide obs clnc beyond 2.0 NM from threshold; unusable beyond 2.0 NM.
- Approach ratio 2:1 to dthr.
- First 3000 feet runway 08, first 2000 feet runway 01 and ptns of all txys not visibility from the control tower.
- Unlgt high trrn all quads. Birds, waterfowl and wildlife on and in the vicinity of of airport.
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.