Brevig Mission Airport
KTS · PFKT · Brevig Mission, Alaska · Nome County · map
Brevig Mission Airport is a public-use airport in Brevig Mission, Alaska, 38 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 2,990 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 70 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,279 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PFKT · observed 1:56 pm AKDT (21:56 UTC), 56 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 3,300 feet
- Temperature 37°F (3°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 PFKT 062156Z AUTO 04011KT 10SM FEW033 03/M05 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP158 T00281050
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 KTS · ICAO PFKT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 38 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,990 × 100 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 2,110 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 30: pole 28 ft high 1,011 ft from the end
- Runway 23: hill 1,215 ft high 9,500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.0 | |
| Kts and aWOS-3P | 121.550 | |
| Nome and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.3 | |
| Brevig Mission Rco | 135.6 | Brevig Mission · Communications provided by Nome Flight Service on frequency 135.6 (Brevig Mission rco). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-642-2166.
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 70, 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Brevig Mission from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Brevig Mission, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 05/23 marked with lights and plastic markers.
- Runway 12/30 marked with lights and plastic markers.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommended visual inspection prior to ldng.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.