Shageluk Airport
SHX · PAHX · Shageluk, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Shageluk Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Shageluk, Alaska, 79 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 3,400 feet of gravel and dirt. It has 1 water landing area.
Weather right now PAHX · observed 2:02 pm AKDT (22:02 UTC), 4 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,700 feet, overcast at 3,200 feet
- Temperature 38°F (3°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 PAHX 062202Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM BKN017 OVC032 03/M01 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP104 T00331006
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 SHX · ICAO PAHX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 79 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
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18W/36W | 5,000 × 1,000 ft | Water | |
| 16/34 | 3,400 × 75 ft | Gravel and dirt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: trees on the approach
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Shx and aWOS-3P | 121.575 | |
| Anvik and rco | 122.4 | Anvik · Communications provided by kenai Flight Service on frequency 122.4 (anvik rco). |
| Unalakleet and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 135.7 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-621-7970.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Shageluk from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Shageluk, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Spb operations in innoko river adjacent to village.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 34; PAPI runway 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34- the common traffic frequency.
- Floods durg breakup; soft aft hvy rain.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.