Kaltag Airport
KAL · PAKV · Kaltag, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Kaltag Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southwest of Kaltag, Alaska, 181 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,986 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAKV · observed 12:53 pm AKDT (20:53 UTC), 26 minutes ago
- Wind calm
- Sky: a few clouds at 4,000 feet
- Temperature 36°F (2°C), dew point 18°F (-8°C)
- Altimeter 29.81 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 PAKV 062053Z AUTO 00000KT FEW040 02/M08 A2981 RMK AO2 SLP098 T00221078 51021 FZRANO TSNO $
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 KAL · ICAO PAKV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 181 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 18E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,986 × 100 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: brush on the approach
- Runway 21: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Galena and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.0 | |
| Kal and aWOS-3 | 135.25 | |
| Unalakleet and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 135.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 907-621-7604.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Kaltag from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kaltag, 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights rwt 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- North 3900 feet light.
- Cones.
- Cones.
- Soft when wet.
- Snow removal operations - the common traffic frequency.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -31C.
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.