Wainwright Airport
AWI · PAWI · Wainwright, Alaska · Barrow County · map
Wainwright Airport is a public-use airport owned by North Slope Borough, 1 mile southeast of Wainwright, Alaska, 45 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,494 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 1,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,403 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PAWI · observed 2:53 pm AKDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 5 knots
- Temperature 22°F (-6°C), dew point 14°F (-10°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 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)
METAR PAWI 062253Z AUTO 11005KT M06/M10 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP192 T10561100 TSNO
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 AWI · ICAO PAWI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- North Slope Borough
- Elevation
- 45 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Cape Lisburne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,494 × 110 ft | Gravel, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, ant 75 ft high 2,320 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Wainwright and rco | 122.5 | Wainwright · Communications provided by Barrow Flight Service on frequency 122.5 (Wainwright rco). |
| Awi and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.25 | |
| Barrow and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 135.3 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-217-1305.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Wainwright from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Wainwright, 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 runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24; PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- 40 feet tower 500 feet north of runway.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to use.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ramp and taxiway surface soft; ruts and ponding psbl.
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.