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. It has 2 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 4,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Central Airport?
Its FAA code is CEM, and its ICAO code is PACE.
Where is Central Airport?
It is in Central, Alaska, 937 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Central Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,782 feet long, gravel and dirt.
Does Central Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Central Airport?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Fairbanks International, Circle, Fort Yukon, Birch Creek. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Circle City Airport (23 nm northeast).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 215 departures from CEM in those twelve months, carrying 141 passengers in 1,714 seats (8% filled), to 4 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central → Fairbanks International CEM–FAI | 157 | 114 | Warbelow, Wright Air Service |
| Central → Circle CEM–IRC | 56 | 27 | Warbelow |
| Central → Fort Yukon CEM–FYU | 1 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Central → Birch Creek CEM–KBC | 1 | 0 | Warbelow |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 2 |
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 4,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 500 |
| general aviation, local | 1,000 |
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 Central from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Central, Alaska: 19 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Central 19 aircraft · 19 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 157 flights in twelve months · Warbelow, Wright Air Service
- Circle (IRC) 56 flights in twelve months · Warbelow
- Fort Yukon (FYU) 1 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Birch Creek (KBC) 1 flights in twelve months · Warbelow
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CEM.json.
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 27, 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.