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. The FAA counts about 4,600 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Kake Airport?
Its FAA code is AFE, and its ICAO code is PAFE.
Where is Kake Airport?
It is 1 mile southeast of Kake, Alaska, 172 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kake Airport?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 4,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Kake Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Kake Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Kake Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (33 nm east), Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (48 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (33 nm east), Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport (48 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,600 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kake from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kake, AK as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AFE.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.