Unalaska Airport
DUT · PADU · Unalaska, Alaska · Aleutians West County · map
Unalaska Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Unalaska, Alaska, 23 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A).
Weather right now PADU · observed 12:07 pm AKDT (20:07 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 12 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,700 feet, a broken layer at 3,600 feet, a broken layer at 5,500 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 43°F (6°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:22 am AKDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 15 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 3,000 feet, overcast at 4,000 feet MVFR
- At times between Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC) and 2:00 pm AKDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 12 knots, visibility 6 miles, light rain showers, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm AKDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI PADU 062007Z 34012G20KT 10SM -RA FEW027 BKN036 BKN055 06/01 A3008 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1947 RAB1957 P0000
TAF PADU 061722Z 0618/0718 32015G20KT P6SM BKN030 OVC040 TEMPO 0618/0622 30012KT 6SM -SHRA BKN050 FM070600 33008KT P6SM BKN050
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 DUT · ICAO PADU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 2,078 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Parking
- hangar
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Dutch Harbor sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, 3,900 ft available for landing, boat 105 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 31: VASI, four boxes on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, 3,900 ft available for landing, boat 200 ft high 1,220 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Unalaska and rco | 122.6 | Unalaska |
| Dutch Harbor Center (remote transmitter) Low | 121.4 | |
| Dut and aWOS-3P | 125.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-581-2803.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Unalaska from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Unalaska, Alaska: 3 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required in writing; amgr PO box 920525 dutch harbor AK 99692.
- Transient parking ramp B.
- For runway end identifier lights runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; runway 31 threshold veh XG traffic light - the common traffic frequency. 7 clicks on and 3 clicks for XG traffic light and runway end identifier lights off. VASI runway 13 and 31 operates continuously.
- Cold bay Flight Service 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; aft hour kenai Flight Service.
- Paew on runway. Locked wheel turns NA.
- Unusable +1.4 MI due to MT; skewed 5 degrees south of runway hdg.
- Hvy bird concentrations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Snow removal and deicing of runway, taxiway and ramps durg duty hour.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) equip staffed durg large air carrier operations pds.
- Haz rprtg durg atndnc hour and aircraft ovr 30 passenger seat.
- Runway 31 jet blast area closed to tax except when road vehicle and pedestrian traffic controlled by operates rep; clkws turn rqd.
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.