Sand Point Airport
SDP · PASD · Sand Point, Alaska · Aleutians East County · map
Sand Point Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southwest of Sand Point, Alaska, 24 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,213 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A).
Weather right now PASD · observed 10:56 am AKDT (18:56 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (320°) at 10 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 2,500 feet, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet, scattered clouds at 11,000 feet
- Temperature 44°F (7°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:22 am AKDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 3,500 feet, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 4:00 pm AKDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PASD 061856Z 32010KT 10SM FEW025 SCT045 SCT110 07/02 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP107 T00670022 $
TAF PASD 061722Z 0618/0718 31010KT P6SM FEW035 FEW050 FM070000 33010KT P6SM BKN050
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 SDP · ICAO PASD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- January to December, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cold Bay sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1958
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,213 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 538 ft, 4,099 ft available for landing
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 576 ft, 4,099 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Sand Point Rco | 122.3 | Sand Point · Communications provided by cold bay Flight Service on frequency 122.3 (Sand Point rco). |
| UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Sand Point Center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.35 | |
| Sdp and aWOS-3P | 134.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-560-7611.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Sand Point from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Sand Point, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- On continuously.
- Closed to air carrier more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required in writing - amgr.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ovr 6000 LB.
- 80-320 feet cliff east side of runway; exp turb on approach runway 32.
- Sand lrgr gradation than recmd/see AC150/5200-30.
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.