Red Dog Airport
DGG · PADG · Red Dog, Alaska · Nome County · map
Red Dog Airport is a private airport owned by Nana Regional CORP. INC, 1 mile south of Red Dog, Alaska, 969 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 6,312 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now PADG · observed 2:57 pm AKDT (22:57 UTC), 33 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 25°F (-4°C), dew point 16°F (-9°C)
- Altimeter 29.96 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 PADG 062257Z 01004KT 10SM SKC M04/M09 A2996
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 DGG · ICAO PADG
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Nana Regional CORP. INC
- Elevation
- 969 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 6,312 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 279 ft, 5,754 ft available for landing
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 279 ft, 5,754 ft available for landing, hill 300 ft high 7,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Dgg and aWOS-3P | 131.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-754-5000.
Aircraft registered in Red Dog from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Red Dog, 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 - 123.0
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index B operations supported. Closed to air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required - amgr.
- Activate PAPI runway 03 and 21; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - 123.0
- 279 feet dthr light.
- 279 feet dthr light.
- PAPI offset 12.5 degreess.
- 279 feet safety area north end and 279 feet safety area south end.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -14C.
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.