Iliamna Airport
ILI · PAIL · Iliamna, Alaska · Lake and Peninsula County · map
Iliamna Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northwest of Iliamna, Alaska, 192 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,086 feet of asphalt. It has 2 water landing areas. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now PAIL · observed 12:53 pm AKDT (20:53 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,600 feet, a broken layer at 9,500 feet
- Temperature 45°F (7°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 29.72 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:24 am AKDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 7,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAIL 062053Z 00000KT 10SM FEW026 BKN095 07/02 A2972
TAF PAIL 061724Z 0618/0718 32003KT P6SM OVC070
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 ILI · ICAO PAIL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 192 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to May, M to F, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm; June to September, M to W, 6:00 am to 4:30 pm; JUNE to September, TH, 6:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,086 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,800 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| E/W | 2,998 × 400 ft | Water, excellent | |
| N/S | 2,892 × 400 ft | Water, excellent |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 12 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 12 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush 4 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway S: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Ili and flight Service · Iliamna and rco | 123.6 | Iliamna · Laa frequency 123.6. |
| Iliamna and center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.8 | |
| Ili and flight Service · Iliamna and rco | 121.5 | Iliamna |
| Ili and flight Service · Iliamna and rco | 122.2 | Iliamna · Communications provided by kenai Flight Service on frequency 122.2 (Iliamna rco). |
| Ili and automated weather (ASOS) · Ili and flight Service | 134.95 | Iliamna · Afis frequency 134.95. |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-621-7977.
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Aircraft registered in Iliamna from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Iliamna, Alaska: 20 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 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 · 11 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
- Snow and ice removal and haz rprtng durg duty hour; except prior permission required in writing - amgr.
- When Flight Service closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 26 and 36; PAPI runway 18, 36, 08, and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Tundra wheel gravel surface 275 feet prior to asphalt both end; daylight operations only.
- Taxi on active runways; locked brake turns on runways NA.
- Personnel and eqpt may be on runway.
- Safety areas soft.
- Mult airstrips and float plane basins in the vicinity of airport; LOW-LEVEL helicopter sling load operations WI 25 NM W-NW; mnt the common traffic frequency and self announce upon entry.
- Be alert: no line of sight between Iliamna, pike Lake and east wind lake/strip; traffic pattern and VFR arrival and departure procedure see section C notice.
- Transient parking marked with green cones.
- Airport sand lrgr than FAA recommended/see AC150/5200-30.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -26C.
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.