Ruby Airport
RBY · PARY · Ruby, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Ruby Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southeast of Ruby, Alaska, 658 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 4,000 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PARY · observed 10:56 am AKDT (18:56 UTC), 58 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 1,600 feet, overcast at 3,600 feet
- Temperature 32°F (0°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.69 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 PARY 061856Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM FEW016 OVC036 00/M01 A2969 RMK AO2 SLP066 T00001011 FZRANO TSNO
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 RBY · ICAO PARY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 658 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: trees on the approach
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Rby and aWOS-3P | 118.25 | |
| Ruby and rco | 122.25 | Ruby · Communications provided by fairbanks Flight Service on frequency 122.25 (Ruby rco). |
| Galena and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.0 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-468-4605.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Ruby from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Ruby, Alaska: 5 piston singles. 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 · 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 21; PAPI runway 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Winter receptacles available near TIE-DOWN.
- Down slope 2 pct grade.
- Down slope to mid.
- Runway condition unmn; rcmnd visual insp bfr landing.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -39C.
- Birds in the vicinity of landfill 1 MI southwest of runway.
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.