Golovin Airport
GLV · PAGL · Golovin, Alaska · Nome County · map
Golovin Airport is a public-use airport in Golovin, Alaska, 65 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,000 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAGL · observed 11:56 am AKDT (19:56 UTC), 39 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (350°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 29°F (-2°C), dew point 22°F (-6°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 PAGL 061956Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM CLR M02/M06 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP117 T10171056 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 GLV · ICAO PAGL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Gravel, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Golovin and rco | 122.05 | Golovin · Communications provided by Nome Flight Service on frequency 122.05 (Golovin rco). |
| Nome and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 | |
| Glv and aWOS-3P | 135.750 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-779-2228.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Golovin from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Golovin, Alaska: 2 piston twins, 2 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 · 1 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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway condition not mntd; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Activate PAPI runway 03; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Depressed area 2 feet west side midfield; 10 feet inside and 20 feet outside lights.
- Runway 03 PAPI unusable beyond 4 NM due to trrn.
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.