Bob Baker Memorial
IAN · PAIK · Kiana, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Bob Baker Memorial is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Kiana, Alaska, 179 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,000 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAIK · observed 12:56 pm AKDT (20:56 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 33°F (1°C), dew point 18°F (-8°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 PAIK 062056Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 01/M08 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP126 T00061078 51018 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 IAN · ICAO PAIK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 179 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the right, brush 6 ft high 89 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 | |
| Ian and aWOS-3P | 119.025 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-475-2004.
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 Kiana from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Kiana, Alaska: 13 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 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.
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 · 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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Northwest Arctic borough
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 25; PAPI runway 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway slopes down from 07 to 25, grade 1%.
- Runway 07/25 marked with lights and plastic markers.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Runway plowed in winter.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -28C.
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.