Homer Airport
HOM · PAHO · Homer, Alaska · Kenai Peninsula County · map
Homer Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles east of Homer, Alaska, 84 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 6,701 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 93 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 7 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 53,877 takeoffs and landings a year. About 29,327 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Homer Airport?
Its FAA code is HOM, and its ICAO code is PAHO.
Where is Homer Airport?
It is 2 miles east of Homer, Alaska, 84 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Homer Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 6,701 feet long, asphalt.
Does Homer Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Homer Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Homer Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Seldovia, Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Homer. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Homer Airport?
1 pilot examiner and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Homer Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA HOM · ICAO PAHO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 84 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to March, every day, 4:00 am to 9:00 pm; April to October, every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Seward sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 6,701 × 100 ft | Asphalt, poor | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, ant 31 ft high 522 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 74 ft high 2,269 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Hom and flight Service · Homer and rco | 123.6 | Homer |
| Hom and flight Service · Homer and rco | 121.5 | Homer |
| Hom and flight Service · Homer and rco | 122.2 | Homer |
| Homer and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.9 | |
| Hom and automated weather (ASOS) · Hom and flight Service | 135.65 | Homer · Afis frequency 135.65. |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-202-8234.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- cargo handling
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Durg air carrier operations only.
- Prior permission required for air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats in writing - amgr: 2320 kachemak DR. Homer; AK 99603.
- Activate malsf runway 04; approach lights (MALSR) runway 22; PAPI runway 04 and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Line of sight between runway ends NA.
- Sea birds and water fowl on and in the vicinity of airport durg spring and summer.
- General aviation transient parking south side of runway.
- Gravel road south side of runway closed to aircraft; tax NA.
- 365 feet unlgt tower 9 NM west.
- Paew may be on runway H24.
- Pattern altitude 800 feet above ground level for fixed wing aircraft; pattern altitude 600 feet above ground level and below for rotary aircraft.
- Runway condition, snow/ice rprt and removal, wildlife control or otr service available durg schedule maintenance hour; aft hour service - amgr.
- Taxiway D closed; taxiway a, B south and east closed to aircraft ovr 12500 LB.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 4,891 departures from HOM in those twelve months, carrying 19,881 passengers in 43,590 seats (46% filled), to 20 destinations on 8 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer → Seldovia HOM–SOV | 1,659 | 3,230 | Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Homer → Ted Stevens Anchorage International HOM–ANC | 1,073 | 12,903 | Via Airlines d/b/a..., Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc. and 1 more |
| Homer → Nanwalek HOM–KEB | 1,065 | 1,727 | Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Homer → Port Graham HOM–PGM | 718 | 1,011 | Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Homer → Homer HOM–HOM | 201 | 301 | Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Homer → Chinitna Bay HOM–A72 | 94 | 348 | Smokey Bay Air Inc. |
| Homer → Hallo Bay HOM–A03 | 18 | 73 | Smokey Bay Air Inc. |
| Homer → King Salmon HOM–AKN | 18 | 210 | Alaska Central Express, Maritime Helicopters, Inc., Iliamna Air Taxi |
All 20 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 84 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 53,877, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 33,077 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,900 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,250 |
| general aviation, local | 5,500 |
| military | 150 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Homer from the FAA register
199 aircraft are registered to owners in Homer, Alaska: 150 piston singles, 27 helicopters, 17 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Homer (12 of 16):
- Maritime Helicopters, Inc 18 aircraft on the certificate Maritime Helicopters operates a fleet of medium and light lift helicopters year-round throughout Alaska from bases in Homer, Fairbanks, Valdez, Kenai, and Akutan.
- K Bay Air LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate
- Northwind Aviation, LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate Northwind Aviation operates flightseeing tours, bear viewing expeditions, and charter flights from Homer, Alaska.
- Smokey Bay Air, Inc 7 aircraft on the certificate Smokey Bay Air operates scheduled passenger flights and charters from Homer, Alaska.
- Beluga Air, LLC 4 aircraft on the certificate Beluga Air is a tour operator and air charter company based in Homer, Alaska, offering bear viewing flights to Katmai National Park, Lake Clark, and McNeil River, as well as glacier flightseeing tours over Kachemak Bay.
- Emerald Air Service, Inc 4 aircraft on the certificate Emerald Air Service operates guided bear viewing tours from Homer, Alaska to Katmai National Park, primarily to Brooks Falls, using floatplanes.
- Alaska Ultimate Safaris LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate Alaska Ultimate Safaris operates helicopter and floatplane bear viewing tours from Homer, Alaska, flying guests to remote coastal habitat in Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks.
- Wild Blue Air, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Wild Blue Air operates charter flights and scenic tours from Homer, Alaska.
- Beryl Air, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Beryl Air operates scenic floatplane tours and charters from Homer, Alaska.
- Adventure Airways, Inc 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Bald Mountain Air Service, Inc 2 aircraft on the certificate Bald Mountain Air Service operates fly-in brown bear photo safari tours to Katmai National Park and Brooks Falls departing from Homer, Alaska, and provides specialized Arctic aviation services including cargo delivery and remote field opera
- Kachemak Air Service, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Kachemak Air Service is a family-owned air taxi operator based in Homer, Alaska, offering charter flights.
Repair stations in Homer:
- Maritime Helicopters, INC Maritime Helicopters operates a fleet of medium and light lift helicopters year-round throughout Alaska from bases in Homer, Fairbanks, Valdez, Kenai, and Akutan.
- Peninsula Air Metals
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
- Darlene Kellogg Rudisill private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Kasilof, AK (43 nm) · (907) 598-0538 · [email protected]
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Homer 199 aircraft · 150 piston singles, 27 helicopters, 17 turboprops
- Maritime Helicopters INC 16 aircraft in town
- Destination Alaska Air Service LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Ak Air Leasing LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Smokey Bay Air INC 4 aircraft in town
- Maritime Helicopters, Inc 18 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- K Bay Air LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Northwind Aviation, LLC 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Smokey Bay Air, Inc 7 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Maritime Helicopters, INC · repair station
- Peninsula Air Metals · repair station
- Seldovia (SOV) 1,659 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 1,073 flights in twelve months · Via Airlines d/b/a Sterling Airways, Federal Express Corporation
- Nanwalek (KEB) 1,065 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Port Graham (PGM) 718 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Homer (HOM) 201 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Chinitna Bay (A72) 94 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc.
- Hallo Bay (A03) 18 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc.
- King Salmon (AKN) 18 flights in twelve months · Alaska Central Express, Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 28 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/HOM.json.
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 23, 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.