Haines Airport
HNS · PAHN · Haines, Alaska · Haines County · map
Haines Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles west of Haines, Alaska, 29 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 22 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 800 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6,510 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PAHN · observed 1:54 pm AKDT (21:54 UTC), 60 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the east (080°) at 10 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 7 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,100 feet, overcast at 4,900 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 50°F (10°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 29.87 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:06 pm AKDT (20:06 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm AKDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the east at 10 knots, gusting to 19, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 900 feet, a broken layer at 1,500 feet and more above MVFR
- At times between Tue 12:00 pm AKDT (20:00 UTC) and 2:00 pm AKDT (22:00 UTC): scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, overcast at 4,500 feet VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm AKDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the east at 10 knots, gusting to 21, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm AKDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the east at 10 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 1,000 feet, a broken layer at 1,500 feet and more above MVFR
- From Wed 7:00 am AKDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the east at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 900 feet, overcast at 1,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAHN 062154Z AUTO 08010G21KT 050V110 7SM -RA BKN011 OVC049 10/08 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP117 P0006 T01000083 TSNO $
TAF PAHN 062006Z 0620/0718 09010G19KT P6SM -SHRA SCT009 BKN015 OVC045 TEMPO 0620/0622 SCT015 OVC045 FM062200 09010G21KT P6SM -SHRA SCT015 OVC025 FM070300 09010G20KT P6SM -SHRA SCT010 BKN015 OVC050 FM071500 09007KT P6SM -SHRA SCT009 OVC015 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND
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 HNS · ICAO PAHN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Asphalt and concrete |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, brush 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 5 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Haines and rco | 121.5 | Haines |
| Haines and rco | 122.6 | Haines |
| Hns and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.7 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-766-2519.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 800, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Haines from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Haines, Alaska: 23 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 helicopter, 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 · 7 since 1982, 1 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 runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- 50 feet trees 1000 feet southeast.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
- Sand to enhance runway friction may not meet FAA spec.
- Narrow approach from northwest, mtns both sides; turbulence on northwest approach, bluff northwest.
- Birds, bears and moose on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Safety area 4600 feet an X 150 feet; 300 feet gravel safety area each end.
- Airport condition not mnt; airport maintenance on ireg basis; visual insp recommended.
- Paja onto runway.
- Closed to air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger seats.
- Recommended daylight operations only.
- Alert: see genots - enroute the common traffic frequency frequencies.
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.