Platinum Airport
PTU · PAPM · Platinum, Alaska · Bethel County · map
Platinum Airport is a public-use airport in Platinum, Alaska, 18 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,000 feet of gravel and dirt. The FAA counts about 500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 514 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PAPM · observed 3:56 pm AKDT (23:56 UTC), 11 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 18 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,300 feet
- Temperature 39°F (4°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAPM 062356Z AUTO 34018KT 10SM OVC023 04/M01 A2992 RMK AO2 PK WND 34026/2327 SLP133 6//// T00391011 10039 20017 53022 TSNO PNO $
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 PTU · ICAO PAPM
- 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 sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Ptu and aWOS-3P | 118.375 | |
| Platinum and rco | 122.5 | Platinum |
| Cape Newenham Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-979-8800.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 500, 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 Platinum from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Platinum, Alaska: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Recommended visual insp prior to use, runway condition not mnt.
- Massive migratory waterfowl staging area.
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.