Port Walter
PWR · PPWR · Port Walter, Alaska · Sitka County · map
Port Walter is a public-use airfield owned by the US Dept. of Commerce, Noaa, Nmfs in Port Walter, Alaska, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PWR · ICAO PPWR
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Dept. of Commerce, Noaa, Nmfs
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 26E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| NE/SW | 3,000 × 400 ft | Water |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Port Walter from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Port Walter, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield 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
- Year round open. Bay freezes over in winter occasionally. Bay exposed to northerly swells at high tides.
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.