Scammon Bay Airport
SCM · PACM · Scammon Bay, Alaska · Kusilvak County · map
Scammon Bay Airport is a public-use airport in Scammon Bay, Alaska, 22 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,001 feet of dirt.
Weather right now PACM · observed 10:56 am AKDT (18:56 UTC), 58 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the west-northwest (300°) at 12 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,600 feet
- Temperature 37°F (3°C), dew point 29°F (-2°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 PACM 061856Z AUTO 30012KT 10SM OVC026 03/M02 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP133 T00281017 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 SCM · ICAO PACM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Bethel sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1973
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,001 × 75 ft | Dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 29: right-hand traffic pattern, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Scm and aWOS-3P | 118.425 | |
| Cape Romanzof Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-600-3004.
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 Scammon Bay from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Scammon Bay, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Spb asp: estabd prior to 1959.
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr to use.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unrelbl.
- Edges soft and sloughing twd tundra. Road Xs runway.
- Safety area soft with large rock; only 75 feet usable.
- Cones and reflective threshold panels; panels damaged or missing.
- Cones and reflective threshold panels.
- Soft durg spring breakup, aft rain and high tide.
- Birds on runway.
- Psbl gusty xwind.
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.