St. Paul Island Airport
SNP · PASN · St Paul Island, Alaska · Aleutians West County · map
St. Paul Island Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of St Paul Island, Alaska, 66 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 6,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A).
Weather right now PASN · observed 12:08 pm AKDT (20:08 UTC), 28 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north (360°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 8 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 2,000 feet, a broken layer at 3,200 feet, overcast at 4,600 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 40°F (4°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 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 north-northwest at 17 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm AKDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the north at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet, overcast at 4,500 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI PASN 062008Z AUTO 36008KT 8SM -RA BKN020 BKN032 OVC046 04/02 A3011 RMK AO2 RAB1955 P0000 T00440022 TSNO
TAF PASN 061722Z 0618/0718 33017KT P6SM BKN040 FM070200 35010KT P6SM FEW025 OVC045
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 SNP · ICAO PASN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 66 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A
- On the chart
- Dutch Harbor sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 6,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), road 15 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), right-hand traffic pattern, fence 8 ft high 460 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.3 | |
| Saint Paul Island Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 119.1 | |
| Snp and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.75 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-560-7613.
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 Paul Island from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list St Paul Island, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate malsf runway 18 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36- the common traffic frequency.
- 1000 feet safety area on north and south end.
- 15 feet road 0 - 200 feet from runway end both sides of centerline.
- Three 100 feet wind turbines 1/4 MI southwest of approach end. 45 feet lighted tower 350 feet west 1000 feet north.
- 625 feet lighted tower 1 MI southwest.
- Avoid flight below 1000 feet may 14 - sep 14 in areas with active bird populations and otr times in areas with coastal seal rookeries.
- Weather bln launch facility on airport, see inside back cover for oprn details.
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.