Nanwalek Airport
KEB · PAAW · Nanwalek, Alaska · Kenai Peninsula County · map
Nanwalek Airport is a public-use airport in Nanwalek, Alaska, 27 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 1,850 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 3,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,362 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Nanwalek Airport?
Its FAA code is KEB, and its ICAO code is PAAW.
Where is Nanwalek Airport?
It is in Nanwalek, Alaska, 27 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Nanwalek Airport?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 1,850 feet long, gravel.
Does Nanwalek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Nanwalek Airport?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Homer, Port Graham, Seldovia, Nanwalek. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Nanwalek Airport?
2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Nanwalek Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA KEB · ICAO PAAW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 27 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 23E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 1,850 × 50 ft | Gravel, poor |
- Runway 01: brush on the approach
- Runway 19: right-hand traffic pattern, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Homer Airport (22 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Homer-Beluga Lake Seaplane Base (21 nm northeast), Homer Airport (22 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway 01 wind sock NA.
- Exp turb; vrbl winds and close in high trrn both ends. Arc shaped runway; mag hdg 10 degrees one end and hdg 190 degreess otr end.
- North 1000 feet closed indefinitely; rmndr 850 feet soft.
- Vrbl between 75-80 feet full length.
- Rising trrn and trees east side.
- Approach rstrd by MT face 0.21 NM from end.
- Approach rstrd by village on hillside. No ovrn.
- Soft aft rain; ruts and loose rock.
- Lmtd tnst parking.
- Day VFR only.
- Atv traffic on runway.
- Be alert durg east crosswind; exp downdrafts and gusty conditions.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,451 departures from KEB in those twelve months, carrying 2,207 passengers in 7,282 seats (30% filled), to 4 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanwalek → Homer KEB–HOM | 811 | 1,000 | Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Nanwalek → Port Graham KEB–PGM | 404 | 989 | Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Nanwalek → Seldovia KEB–SOV | 229 | 218 | Smokey Bay Air Inc. |
| Nanwalek → Nanwalek KEB–KEB | 7 | 0 | Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Nanwalek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Nanwalek, AK as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners.
All 2 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Homer (HOM) 811 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Port Graham (PGM) 404 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Seldovia (SOV) 229 flights in twelve months · Smokey Bay Air Inc.
- Nanwalek (KEB) 7 flights in twelve months · Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/KEB.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.