Kake Airport
AFE · PAFE · Kake, Alaska · Prince of Wales County · map
Kake Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southeast of Kake, Alaska, 172 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 4,000 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now PAFE · observed 11:48 am AKDT (19:48 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 900 feet, scattered clouds at 3,200 feet
- Temperature 54°F (12°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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)
SPECI PAFE 061948Z AUTO 14008KT 10SM FEW009 SCT032 12/11 A2999 RMK AO2 RAE33 P0003
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 AFE · ICAO PAFE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 172 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1986
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, brush 5 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 29: threshold displaced 1,000 ft, hill on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Kuiu and rco | 121.3 | Kuiu |
| Kake and rco | 122.65 | Kake |
| Gunnuk Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 132.175 | |
| Afe and aWOS-3P | 135.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-782-4981.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Kake from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kake, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- Condition unmnt; maintenance ireg; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 11; PAPI runway 11; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- 2 feet brush 100-160 feet from runway threshold 230 feet R of cntrl.
- Unlit 191 feet tower 6300 feet north of threshold.
- Recommended daylight operations. High trrn north, east and south.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of runway.
- Paja onto runway; NA onto taxiway and apron.
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.