Kwethluk Airport
KWT · PFKW · Kwethluk, Alaska · Bethel County · map
Kwethluk Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile ssw of Kwethluk, Alaska, 25 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,199 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 1,200 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,499 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Kwethluk Airport?
Its FAA code is KWT, and its ICAO code is PFKW.
Where is Kwethluk Airport?
It is 1 mile ssw of Kwethluk, Alaska, 25 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Kwethluk Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 3,199 feet long, gravel.
Does Kwethluk Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Kwethluk Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Bethel, Akiachak, Akiak, Tuluksak, Aniak. 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 Kwethluk 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 KWT · ICAO PFKW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 25 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
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,199 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Kwt and aWOS-3P | 120.000 | |
| Bethel and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-868-7313.
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: Hangar Lake Seaplane Base (8 nm west), Bethel Airport (12 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hangar Lake Seaplane Base (8 nm west), Bethel Seaplane Base (9 nm west), Bethel Airport (12 nm west).
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 - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Lights partially obscured by brush and grass.
- Heaves, ruts and erosion channels along runway surface.
- Ruts at runway ends.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to using.
- Numerous airports in the vicinity.
- Weeds in front of both PAPI indicators.
- Windsocks may be unreliable
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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 2,163 departures from KWT in those twelve months, carrying 4,146 passengers in 12,662 seats (33% filled), to 32 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kwethluk → Bethel KWT–BET | 1,391 | 2,850 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Grant Aviation, Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| Kwethluk → Akiachak KWT–KKI | 473 | 773 | Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| Kwethluk → Akiak KWT–AKI | 95 | 117 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Fox Aircraft, LLC, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Kwethluk → Tuluksak KWT–TLT | 66 | 110 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Fox Aircraft, LLC, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... |
| Kwethluk → Aniak KWT–ANI | 30 | 13 | Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/... |
| Kwethluk → Nunapitchuk KWT–NUP | 21 | 62 | Fox Aircraft, LLC, Grant Aviation |
| Kwethluk → Kasigluk KWT–KUK | 13 | 38 | Fox Aircraft, LLC, Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/... |
| Kwethluk → Napaskiak KWT–PKA | 11 | 16 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Fox Aircraft, LLC, Grant Aviation |
All 32 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 1,200, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,200 |
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 Kwethluk from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kwethluk, 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: 1 training center examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 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. 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 3 since 1982 · 0 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 9,145 aircraft registered
- Bethel (BET) 1,391 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Grant Aviation
- Akiachak (KKI) 473 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service
- Akiak (AKI) 95 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Tuluksak (TLT) 66 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Aniak (ANI) 30 flights in twelve months · Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation, Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service
- Nunapitchuk (NUP) 21 flights in twelve months · Fox Aircraft, LLC, Grant Aviation
- Kasigluk (KUK) 13 flights in twelve months · Fox Aircraft, LLC, Grant Aviation
- Napaskiak (PKA) 11 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Fox Aircraft, LLC
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/KWT.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 29, 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.