Central Airport
CEM · PACE · Central, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Central Airport is a public-use airport in Central, Alaska, 937 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,782 feet of gravel and dirt.
Weather right now PACE · observed 1:11 pm AKDT (21:11 UTC), 8 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind calm
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: overcast at 1,700 feet
- Weather: light snow
- Temperature 32°F (0°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter 29.68 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)
SPECI PACE 062111Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM -SN OVC017 00/M03 A2968 RMK AO2 SNB06 P0000 T00001028
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 CEM · ICAO PACE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 937 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Dawson sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,782 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: threshold displaced 121 ft, brush on the approach
- Runway 26: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Fort Yukon Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 135.0 |
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Aircraft registered in Central from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Central, Alaska: 18 piston singles. 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 · 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
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Dthr marked with blue lights and reflectors.
- 12 in surface grass.
- Snow removal mnt the common traffic frequency.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.