Juneau International
JNU · PAJN · Juneau, Alaska · Juneau County · map
Juneau International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Juneau, 7 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska, 25 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 8,857 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now PAJN · observed 11:53 am AKDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 9 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 500 feet, a broken layer at 3,200 feet, overcast at 4,800 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 49°F (9°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 east at 10 knots, visibility 6 miles, light rain showers, mist, a few clouds at 500 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet and more above VFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm AKDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the east at 13 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, a few clouds at 500 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet and more above VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm AKDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the east-southeast at 9 knots, gusting to 16, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, a few clouds at 500 feet, a broken layer at 2,500 feet and more above MVFR
- From Wed 5:00 am AKDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the east at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 500 feet, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAJN 061953Z 08006KT 9SM -RA SCT005 BKN032 OVC048 09/09 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP128 P0005 T00940089 $
TAF PAJN 061724Z 0618/0718 10010KT 6SM -SHRA BR FEW005 BKN035 OVC040 FM062100 10013G20KT P6SM -SHRA FEW005 BKN035 OVC040 FM070300 11009G16KT P6SM -SHRA FEW005 BKN025 OVC060 FM071300 08006KT P6SM -SHRA SCT005 OVC025
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 JNU · ICAO PAJN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Juneau
- Elevation
- 25 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 1 apr - sep 30 0600 - 2300, 1 oct - mar 31, 0700 - 2000.
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- buoy, hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 8,857 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 08W/26W | 4,800 × 150 ft | Water |
- Runway 08: LDA with DME, VASI, two boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, 8,457 ft available for landing, tower 573 ft high 7,600 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), 8,457 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower · Jnu and flight Service | 118.7 | Juneau |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 135.2 | Juneau |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.9 | Juneau |
| Tower (secondary) Seasonal use only | 120.7 | Juneau |
| Jnu and vot | 111.0 | |
| Jnu and flight Service | 121.5 | Juneau |
| Juneau Downtown Rco | 122.15 | Juneau Downtown |
| Jnu and flight Service | 122.2 | Juneau |
| Ng and operations | 124.65 | Juneau |
| Mount Robert Barron Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 133.9 | Juneau |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-789-1243.
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Aircraft registered in Juneau from the FAA register
178 aircraft are registered to owners in Juneau, Alaska: 117 piston singles, 30 turboprops, 24 helicopters, 3 piston twins, 3 drones. 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 · 35 since 1982, 6 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
- Single/twin prop eng; turbin and avionics.
- When the control tower closed activate malsf runway 08; runway end identifier lights runway 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 08; PAPI runway 26 operates continuously.
- When the control tower closed airport adzy service - the common traffic frequency.
- Sand used for friction may not meet FAA specs.
- Rlls light: jnub battleship island, jnua engineers cut, jnu wetlands/flats.
- Non-standard; length 800 feet.
- VASI unusable beyond 06 degreess left of centerline. VASI aligned 13 degrees R of centerline; not visibility on centerline.
- Runway 26 PAPI unusable beyond 2 NM due to trrn.
- Wildlife and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Battleship is rlls grouping; cntr light 582132.88N 1344012.22W. jdl localizer rlls grouping; cntr light 582132.02N 1343810.39W.
- Hvy helicopter and aircraft act apr 15-OCT 1; full length gastineau chnl and WI 5 MI.
- Paragliding act 3 MI north; in the vicinity of thunder mountain and ovr gastineau chnl nears downtown apr 15-OCT 1; 6000 feet and below.
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.