Kivalina Airport
KVL · PAVL · Kivalina, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Kivalina Airport is a public-use airport in Kivalina, Alaska, 18 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,000 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAVL · observed 1:53 pm AKDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 28°F (-2°C), dew point 19°F (-7°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 PAVL 062153Z AUTO 04013KT 10SM CLR M02/M07 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T10221072 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 KVL · ICAO PAVL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 18 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Kivalina and rco | 122.55 | Kivalina · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.55 (Kivalina rco). |
| Kvl and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.8 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-645-2160.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Kivalina from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kivalina, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.8
- Northwest Arctic borough
- Approach to runway 30 ovr town.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - 122.8.
- Runway 12/30 marked with reflective cones.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Aircraft parking apron located 1500 feet south of runway 30 threshold; old runway used as taxiway to parking apron.
- Birds in the vicinity of dump on approach to runway 12.
- Be alert runway 12/30 has numerous soft spots may through oct.
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.