Northway Airport
ORT · PAOR · Northway, Alaska · Southeast Fairbanks County · map
Northway Airport is a public-use airport in Northway, Alaska, 1,720 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,100 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now PAOR · observed 10:53 am AKDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 400 feet, a broken layer at 8,500 feet, overcast at 11,000 feet
- Temperature 30°F (-1°C), dew point 29°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter 29.58 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:22 am AKDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 10,000 feet VFR
- At times between Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC) and 11:00 am AKDT (19:00 UTC): visibility 2 miles, mist, overcast at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 1:00 am AKDT (09:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 10,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 7:00 am AKDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the north at 3 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAOR 061853Z 00000KT 10SM FEW004 BKN085 OVC110 M01/M02 A2958 RMK AO2 SLP045 T10111017 $
TAF PAOR 061722Z 0618/0718 00000KT P6SM BKN100 TEMPO 0618/0619 2SM BR OVC002 FM070900 31004KT P6SM BKN100 FM071500 01003KT 6SM BR OVC007
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 ORT · ICAO PAOR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 61 ft high 2,029 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 1,195 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 123.6 | Northway |
| Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 121.5 | Northway |
| Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 122.2 | Northway |
| Ort and flight Service · Northway and rco | 122.65 | Northway |
| Northway and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 126.55 | |
| Ort and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-778-2282.
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Aircraft registered in Northway from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Northway, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 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
- Winter SN removal operations - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 24; PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- May 1-SEP 30; 8:15 am to 5:45 pm; aft hour - fai Flight Service.
- Fqt vrb strong crosswind.
- Ski strip parl and adjacent threshold northwest side.
- Floatplane customs service available yarger lake 8 NM east.
- Runway condition unmn; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Elec filed eapis manifest required prior to departure.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -48C.
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.