Deering Airport
DEE · PADE · Deering, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Deering Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southwest of Deering, Alaska, 30 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 3,320 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PADE · observed 12:53 pm AKDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 32°F (0°C), dew point 19°F (-7°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 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 PADE 062053Z AUTO 34011KT 10SM CLR 00/M07 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T00001072 51022 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 DEE · ICAO PADE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 30 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,320 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 2,660 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the right
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Deering and rco | 122.25 | Deering · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.25 (Deering rco). |
| Dee and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.5 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-621-7973.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Deering from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Deering, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Northwest Arctic borough
- Runway condition not monitored; recommended visual inspection prior to landing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 03/21 and 12/30; runway end identifier lights runway 03 and PAPI runway 03 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 03/21 non-standard markings; marked with lights and plastic markers.
- Runway 12/30 non-standard markings; marked with lights and plastic markers.
- Runway 03/21 plowed in winter.
- Migratory birds as well as musk oxen and other large animals on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -39C.
- Windsock missing at runway 12.
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.