Shungnak Airport
SHG · PAGH · Shungnak, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Shungnak Airport is a public-use airport in Shungnak, Alaska, 205 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 4,001 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAGH · observed 1:56 pm AKDT (21:56 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 6,000 feet
- Temperature 26°F (-3°C), dew point 19°F (-7°C)
- Altimeter 29.86 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 PAGH 062156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC060 M03/M07 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP117 T10331072 FZRANO
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 SHG · ICAO PAGH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 205 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 4,001 × 60 ft | Gravel, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the right, brush on the approach
- Runway 28: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 | |
| Shg and aWOS-3P | 118.525 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Ambler and rco | 122.0 | Ambler · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.0 (ambler rco). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-560-7612.
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Aircraft registered in Shungnak from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Shungnak, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate PAPI runway 10; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Uphill slope bfr apron entry.
- Lights and plastic mkrs.
- Lights and plastic mkrs.
- Water ponding durg rain.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -32C.
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.