Kobuk Airport
OBU · PAOB · Kobuk, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Kobuk Airport is a public-use airport in Kobuk, Alaska, 142 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,020 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OBU · ICAO PAOB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 142 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
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,020 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: brush on the approach
- Runway 27: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Ambler and rco | 122.0 | Ambler · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.0 (ambler rco). |
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Aircraft registered in Kobuk from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kobuk, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency.
- Parl pwr line north.
- Dip abeam slough.
- Float plane operations on lake.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -37C.
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.