Klawock Airport
AKW · PAKW · Klawock, Alaska · Prince of Wales County · map
Klawock Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of Klawock, Alaska, 80 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,000 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now PAKW · observed 12:24 pm AKDT (20:24 UTC), 14 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 1.75 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,500 feet, overcast at 2,100 feet
- Weather: heavy rain
- Temperature 56°F (13°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:16 am AKDT (18:16 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 8 knots, visibility 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 2,000 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
- At times between Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC) and 1:00 pm AKDT (21:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, light rain showers, a broken layer at 2,500 feet, overcast at 3,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 5:00 pm AKDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the south at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 2,000 feet, overcast at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am AKDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, overcast at 4,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI PAKW 062024Z AUTO VRB05KT 1 3/4SM +RA BKN015 OVC021 13/10 A3003 RMK AO2 RAB1955 T01330100 TSNO PNO $
TAF PAKW 061816Z 0618/0718 18008KT 6SM -SHRA SCT020 OVC050 TEMPO 0618/0621 3SM -SHRA BKN025 OVC035 FM070100 17004KT P6SM -SHRA SCT020 OVC040 FM071000 05004KT P6SM SCT025 OVC040 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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 AKW · ICAO PAKW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 80 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Ketchikan sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 120.9 | · Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency. |
| Annette Island Center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.5 | |
| Klawock and rco | 122.25 | Klawock · Communications provided by ketchikan Flight Service on frequencies 122.25 (Klawock rco). |
| Akw and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.45 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-755-2641.
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Aircraft registered in Klawock from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Klawock, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport. Rpt bird act to amgr or Flight Service.
- Activate PAPI runway 02 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20; windsock; apron lights - 122.25.
- Slopes down 55-65 feet from thresholds to cntr. Exp downdraft and turb in the vicinity of runway 02 tdz.
- Approach slope 0:1. Road both sides of runway 0-200 feet from threshold.
- Approach slope 0:1. Road on L side of runway 0-200 feet from threshold.
- 700 feet hill 2 MI northeast of threshold.
- Runway 20 PAPI unusable beyond 3 degreess left of centerline.
- High trrn all quads.
- Condition unmnt; maintenance ireg; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Paja on runway, taxiway and parking apron NA.
- Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats.
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.