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. The FAA counts about 5,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2,974 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Kivalina Airport?
Its FAA code is KVL, and its ICAO code is PAVL.
Where is Kivalina Airport?
It is in Kivalina, Alaska, 18 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kivalina Airport?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,000 feet long, gravel.
Does Kivalina Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Kivalina Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Ralph Wien Memorial, Point Hope, Noatak, Red Dog, Selawik. Every route
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 Kivalina Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
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
- 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.
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 1,055 departures from KVL in those twelve months, carrying 3,735 passengers in 7,856 seats (48% filled), to 11 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kivalina → Ralph Wien Memorial KVL–OTZ | 763 | 2,448 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Kivalina → Point Hope KVL–PHO | 124 | 509 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Kivalina → Noatak KVL–WTK | 103 | 387 | Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Kivalina → Red Dog KVL–RDB | 47 | 281 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Kivalina → Selawik KVL–WLK | 6 | 46 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Kivalina → Bob Baker Memorial KVL–IAN | 4 | 25 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Kivalina → Buckland KVL–BKC | 2 | 13 | Bering Air Inc. |
| Kivalina → Deering KVL–DRG | 2 | 11 | Bering Air Inc. |
All 11 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 5,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 5,000 |
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 Kivalina from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kivalina, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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 country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
- Ralph Wien Memorial (OTZ) 763 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Point Hope (PHO) 124 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Noatak (WTK) 103 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Red Dog (RDB) 47 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Selawik (WLK) 6 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Bob Baker Memorial (IAN) 4 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Buckland (BKC) 2 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
- Deering (DRG) 2 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/KVL.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 November 2, 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.