Koliganek Airport
JZZ · PAJZ · Koliganek, Alaska · Dillingham County · map
Koliganek Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile east of Koliganek, Alaska, 272 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,300 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAJZ · observed 12:15 pm AKDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (360°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,400 feet, overcast at 8,500 feet
- Temperature 39°F (4°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 29.80 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)
SPECI PAJZ 062015Z AUTO 36007KT 8SM SCT014 OVC085 04/01 A2980 RMK AO2
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 JZZ · ICAO PAJZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 272 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,300 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the right, brush 4 ft high 5 ft from the end
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Jzz and aWOS-3P | 118.525 | |
| Kemuk Mountain Rco | 122.55 | Kemuk Mountain |
| Dillingham and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-621-7978.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Koliganek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Koliganek, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to use.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; PAPI runway 09 and 27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Slopes down toward west end.
- Threshold marked with lights.
- Threshold marked with lights
- Heaves and humps; runway sloughing off into tundra.
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.