Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal
PAQ · PAAQ · Palmer, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Palmer, 1 mile southeast of Palmer, Alaska, 249 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 16/34, is 6,006 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1) and about 140 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 42,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PAAQ · observed 1:53 pm AKDT (21:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 9,000 feet, scattered clouds at 12,000 feet
- Temperature 48°F (9°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 29.63 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:36 am AKDT (17:36 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, a few clouds at 700 feet, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet and more above VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm AKDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am AKDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAAQ 062153Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM FEW090 SCT120 09/04 A2963 RMK AO2 SLP037 T00890044 TSNO $
TAF PAAQ 061736Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM VCSH FEW007 SCT050 OVC080 FM062200 15004KT P6SM -SHRA OVC050 FM071000 36004KT P6SM -SHRA OVC025
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 PAQ · ICAO PAAQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Palmer
- Elevation
- 249 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- M to F, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1949
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 6,006 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 3,616 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16S/34S | 1,560 × 60 ft | Gravel, good | |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 503 ft, 5,506 ft available for landing, trees 79 ft high 1,123 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 67 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, hill 5 ft high 240 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Paq and flight Service · Palmer and rco | 123.6 | Palmer |
| Approach and departure | 118.6 | |
| Paq and flight Service · Palmer and rco | 122.4 | Palmer |
| Paq and automated weather (ASOS) · Paq and flight Service | 134.75 | Palmer · Afis frequency 134.75. |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-560-7680.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 42,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Palmer from the FAA register
548 aircraft are registered to owners in Palmer, Alaska: 515 piston singles, 14 piston twins, 8 turboprops, 6 helicopters, 2 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 24 since 1982, 2 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
- When Flight Service closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; PAPI runway 10, 28, 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 and 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available north and south ramp H24 with credit card.
- Closed to aircraft over 12500 LB.
- Available west side and parl to runway 16/34; simul parl operations NA; threshold and edge marked with cones; winter maintenance NA; seq - the common traffic frequency.
- Road 200 feet R 5-200 feet from threshold.
- 7 feet fence 435 feet west of threshold.
- PAPI runway 28 unusable beyond 3.0 NM; does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 3.0 NM from threshold.
- PAPI runway 34 unusable beyond 5.4 NM; does not provide obstruction clnc beyond 5.4 NM from threshold.
- Control obs exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Waterfowl and birds on airport; spcly spring and fall.
- Sky diving and glider act on and in the vicinity of airport APR-SEP; banner towing operations MAY-OCT THU-SUN.
- Transient parking north ramp spaces T1-T9 adjacent Flight Service: large aircraft transient parking south ramp spaces T10, T11 and T12.
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.