Cold Bay Airport
CDB · PACD · Cold Bay, Alaska · Aleutians East County · map
Cold Bay Airport is a public-use airport in Cold Bay, Alaska, 100 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 10,179 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now PACD · observed 11:23 am AKDT (19:23 UTC), 32 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, overcast at 3,400 feet
- Temperature 42°F (6°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:22 am AKDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain, overcast at 3,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm AKDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI PACD 061923Z 33010KT 10SM SCT025 OVC034 06/02 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 30026/1902 RAB03E17 P0001 T00560022
TAF PACD 061722Z 0618/0718 30012KT P6SM -RA OVC030 FM070000 33012KT P6SM OVC050
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 CDB · ICAO PACD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 100 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cold Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1949
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 10,179 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,900 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Cdb and flight Service · Cold Bay Rco | 123.6 | Cold Bay |
| Cold Bay Center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.5 | |
| Cdb and flight Service · Cold Bay Rco | 121.5 | Cold Bay |
| Cdb and flight Service · Cold Bay Rco | 122.2 | Cold Bay |
| Cdb and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.75 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-532-2639.
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Aircraft registered in Cold Bay from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Cold Bay, Alaska: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Photocell operations.
- Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats except written prior permission required - amgr box 97 Cold Bay AK 99571. Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) available for part 121 etops air carrier with 30 minimum notice.
- Snow, ice removal and airport haz rprtg durg duty hour unless prior arngmt in writing - amgr.
- Atcvt approach lights (MALSR) runway 15; PAPI runway 08, 26 and 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unusable beyond 5 degreess right of centerline.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Locked wheel NA.
- Unlighted tower 0.4 NM north, 0.9 NM south and 4.8 NM northwest.
- Paew on runways.
- Airport sand lrgr grade than FAA recommended/see AC150/5200-30.
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.