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.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Platinum Airport?
Its FAA code is PTU, and its ICAO code is PAPM.
Where is Platinum Airport?
It is in Platinum, Alaska, 18 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Platinum Airport?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,000 feet long, gravel and dirt.
Does Platinum Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Platinum Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Bethel, Goodnews, Quinhagak, Eek, Ted Stevens Anchorage International. 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 Platinum Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Also here
- cargo handling
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 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.
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 614 departures from PTU in those twelve months, carrying 820 passengers in 4,140 seats (20% filled), to 17 destinations on 5 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platinum → Bethel PTU–BET | 427 | 614 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Fox Aircraft, LLC, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic... and 1 more |
| Platinum → Goodnews PTU–GNU | 108 | 108 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| Platinum → Quinhagak PTU–KWN | 33 | 42 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| Platinum → Eek PTU–EEK | 22 | 28 | Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/..., Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC and 1 more |
| Platinum → Ted Stevens Anchorage International PTU–ANC | 5 | 3 | Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic..., Fox Aircraft, LLC, Lynden Air Cargo Airlines |
| Platinum → Kongiganak PTU–KKH | 5 | 12 | Fox Aircraft, LLC |
| Platinum → Dillingham PTU–DLG | 3 | 3 | Grant Aviation |
| Platinum → Twin Hills PTU–TWA | 2 | 2 | Fox Aircraft, LLC |
All 17 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 500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Platinum 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Bethel (BET) 427 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Goodnews (GNU) 108 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Quinhagak (KWN) 33 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Eek (EEK) 22 flights in twelve months · Paklook Air, Inc d/b/a/ Airlift Alaska d/b/a/ Yute Commuter Service, Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 5 flights in twelve months · Ryan Air f/k/a Arctic Transportation, Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Kongiganak (KKH) 5 flights in twelve months · Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Dillingham (DLG) 3 flights in twelve months · Grant Aviation
- Twin Hills (TWA) 2 flights in twelve months · Fox Aircraft, LLC
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PTU.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 November 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.