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.
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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
- 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 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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Aircraft registered in Nanwalek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Nanwalek, AK as the owner's town.
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
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.
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 · 829 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 9,145 aircraft registered
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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.