Elim Airport
ELI · PFEL · Elim, Alaska · Nome County · map
Elim Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Elim, Alaska, 162 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,401 feet of gravel and dirt.
Weather right now PFEL · observed 10:56 am AKDT (18:56 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 28°F (-2°C), dew point 20°F (-7°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 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 PFEL 061856Z AUTO 36007KT 10SM CLR M02/M07 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP103 T10221067 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 ELI · ICAO PFEL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 162 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
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1952
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,401 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: right-hand traffic pattern, tree 12 ft high 20 ft from the end
- Runway 19: hill 744 ft high 8,700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Eli and aWOS-3P | 121.425 | |
| Elim and rco | 122.15 | Elim · Communications provided by Nome Flight Service on frequency 122.15 (Elim rco). |
| Nome and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-890-2014.
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Aircraft registered in Elim from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Elim, AK as the owner's town.
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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Surveyed
- Runway 19 slopes uphill 0.5% to south end.
- Runway 01/19 marked with lights and plastic markers.
- Runway 19, +744 feet hill, dist 8700 feet from runway 19 end, 500 feet R.
- +744 feet hill 8700 feet from runway end 500 feet R.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -34C.
- Sinking area midfield west side of runway 10'INSIDE lights 20' outside.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.