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St. Michael Airport

SMK · PAMK · St Michael, Alaska · Nome County · map

St. Michael Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles west of St Michael, Alaska, 98 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,001 feet of gravel.

Weather right now PAMK · observed 12:56 pm AKDT (20:56 UTC), 25 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the north (350°) at 8 knots
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Sky: overcast at 3,300 feet
  • Temperature 35°F (2°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
  • Altimeter 29.87 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 PAMK 062056Z AUTO 35008KT 10SM OVC033 02/M05 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP117 T00171050 51024 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 SMK · ICAO PAMK
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
98 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Bethel sectional
Magnetic variation
17E
In the FAA's files since
August 1995

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0220N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
02/204,001 × 75 ftGravel, goodMedium-intensity lights

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8 · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
Smk and aWOS-3P119.275
Unalakleet and rco122.3Unalakleet · Communications provided by Nome Flight Service on frequency 122.3 (unalakleet rco).
Unalakleet and center (remote transmitter) Low/high135.7

Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-923-6480.

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 St Michael from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list St Michael, AK as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2010-12-22ANC11LA006 · Piper Pa-31-350 N45052 · accident · no injuries

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

  • Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Slopes up 32 feet northeast to southwest.
  • Condition unmnt; rcmnd visual insp prior to use.
  • Reindeer herds in the vicinity of airport JUN-OCT.
  • 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.