Deadhorse Airport
SCC · PASC · Deadhorse, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Deadhorse Airport is a public-use airport in Deadhorse, Alaska, 67 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A) and about 10 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 21,324 takeoffs and landings a year. About 93,150 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PASC · observed 2:06 pm AKDT (22:06 UTC), 46 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 16 knots
- Visibility 1.5 miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 600 feet, overcast at 1,500 feet
- Weather: light snow, blowing snow, mist
- Temperature 27°F (-3°C), dew point 25°F (-4°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:52 pm AKDT (21:52 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm AKDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 9 knots, visibility 3 miles, light snow showers, scattered clouds at 700 feet, overcast at 2,000 feet MVFR
- From Wed 4:00 am AKDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 1,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI PASC 062206Z 05016KT 1 1/2SM -SN BLSN BR FEW006 OVC015 M03/M04 A3000 RMK AO2 SNB00 P0000 I1000 T10281039 $
TAF PASC 062152Z 0622/0718 06009KT 3SM -SHSN SCT007 OVC020 FM071200 05006KT P6SM OVC015
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 SCC · ICAO PASC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 67 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 6:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 24: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Scc and flight Service · Deadhorse and rco | 123.6 | Deadhorse |
| UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Scc and automated weather (ASOS) · Scc and flight Service | 118.4 | Deadhorse · Afis frequency 118.4. |
| Scc and flight Service · Deadhorse and rco | 121.5 | Deadhorse |
| Scc and flight Service · Deadhorse and rco | 122.2 | Deadhorse |
| Deadhorse and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 134.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-659-2591.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 21,324, 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 Deadhorse from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Deadhorse, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Closed to air carrier operations more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required in writing - amgr PO box 340002 prudhoe bay AK 99734.
- Waterfowl in the vicinity of airport; caribou on runway and mov areas.
- When Flight Service closed acvt approach lights (MALSR) runway 06 and 24; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport maintenance 6:00 am to 6:30 pm; aft hour - amgr.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) service prior permission required in writing - amgr.
- TSA regulated; see 49 cfr 1542. All gates and doors must be secured at all times. Transient or unfamiliar pilots - amgr for information.
- Colville ramp closed.
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.