Ambler Airport
AFM · PAFM · Ambler, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Ambler Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Ambler, Alaska, 293 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,000 feet of gravel and dirt. It has 1 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,821 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Ambler Airport?
Its FAA code is AFM, and its ICAO code is PAFM.
Where is Ambler Airport?
It is 1 mile north of Ambler, Alaska, 293 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Ambler Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 01/19, is 4,000 feet long.
Does Ambler Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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 Ambler Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AFM · ICAO PAFM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 293 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 2,400 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 10 ft high 315 ft from the end
- Runway 19: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Ambler and rco | 122.0 | Ambler · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.0 (Ambler rco). |
| Afm and aWOS-3P | 132.1 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-621-7610.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate PAPI runway 01; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 10/28; windsock lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Crowns in center and no line of sight btw runway ends.
- Runway slopes uphill east to west appx 80 feet.
- Runway surface is compacted gravel, rock and dirt. Surface type listed as GRAVEL-DIRT.
- Runway surface is compacted gravel, rock and dirt. Surface type listed as GRAVEL-DIRT.
- Caribou in the vicinity of runway.
- Runway conditions not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -36C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 1 |
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 500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
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 Ambler from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Ambler, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 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 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AFM.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 30, 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.