Coldfoot Airport
CXF · PACX · Coldfoot, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Coldfoot Airport is a public-use airport in Coldfoot, Alaska, 1,049 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,011 feet of gravel. It has 3 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 1,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5,878 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PACX · observed 2:56 pm AKDT (22:56 UTC), 36 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,300 feet, overcast at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 31°F (-1°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 29.77 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 PACX 062256Z AUTO 36012KT 10SM FEW043 OVC065 M01/M05 A2977 RMK AO2 SLP708 T10061050 FZRANO $
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 CXF · ICAO PACX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,049 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,011 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: brush on the approach
- Runway 20: trees 67 ft high 865 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Cxf and aWOS-3P | 118.0 | |
| Coldfoot and rco | 122.0 | Coldfoot · Communications provided by fairbanks Flight Service on frequency 122.0 (Coldfoot rco). |
| Bettles and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-269-2771.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,000, 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 Coldfoot from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Coldfoot, Alaska: 2 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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 not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to using.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -18C.
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.