Dillingham Airport
DLG · PADL · Dillingham, Alaska · Dillingham County · map
Dillingham Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles west of Dillingham, Alaska, 82 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 6,400 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DLG · ICAO PADL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 82 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 6,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 19: localizer with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), right-hand traffic pattern, trees 79 ft high 1,789 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Dlg and flight Service · Dillingham and rco | 123.6 | Dillingham · Laa frequency 123.6. |
| Dlg and flight Service · Dillingham and rco | 121.5 | Dillingham |
| Dlg and flight Service · Dillingham and rco | 122.3 | Dillingham |
| Dlg and aWOS-3P · Dlg and flight Service | 125.0 | Dillingham · Afis frequency 125.0. |
| Dillingham and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-842-2137.
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Aircraft registered in Dillingham from the FAA register
84 aircraft are registered to owners in Dillingham, Alaska: 75 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 1 glider. 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 · 26 since 1982, 3 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
- On tower at rescue and firefighting (ARFF) building; operations unmnt when dlg Flight Service closed.
- Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required in writing - amgr box 250 Dillingham, AK 99576.
- When dlg Flight Service closed activate odals runway 19; PAPI runway 01; VASI runway 19; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Aft hour airport/maintenance service, wildlife control, SN removal, condition rprtg prior permission required - amgr.
- Lights 30 in high.
- Prior permission required for haz rprtg runway, taxiway or ramp snow control.
- Runway safety area south 3600 feet an X 300 feet; north 3289 feet an X 200 feet.
- Taxiway, ramp or rsa takeoff or landing NA.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) equip available durg air carrier act only.
- Paew on runway psbl any time.
- Transient parking marked with green cones.
- Airport sand lrgr gradation than FAA recommended/see AC150/5200-30.
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.