Wasilla Airport
IYS · PAWS · Wasilla, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Wasilla Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Wasilla, 3 miles west of Wasilla, Alaska, 354 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 3,700 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now PAWS · observed 1:56 pm AKDT (21:56 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 7,500 feet
- Temperature 46°F (8°C), dew point 42°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.66 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 PAWS 062156Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM FEW075 08/06 A2966 RMK AO2 SLP018 T00780056 $
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 IYS · ICAO PAWS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Wasilla
- Elevation
- 354 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
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1992
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,700 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04S/22S | 1,690 × 60 ft | Grass and gravel, good |
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 30 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 22: trees 14 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 04S: hill on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 119.1 | |
| Iys and aWOS-3P | 135.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-373-3801.
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 Wasilla from the FAA register
1,274 aircraft are registered to owners in Wasilla, Alaska: 1,177 piston singles, 41 helicopters, 28 piston twins, 11 turboprops, 5 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 · 23 since 1982, 2 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
- Airspace determination pending
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Activate PAPI runway 04; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ski or tundra tire aircraft only. Winter maintenance NA.
- Threshold panels.
- Cones and reflective threshold mkrs.
- Threshold panels.
- Cones and reflective threshold mkrs.
- Rstrd to aircraft with approach speeds less than 121 kts.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of and nmrs airports and sbp in the vicinity of airport.
- Simul operations runway 04/22 and 04S/22S NA.
- Self service fuel H24.
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.