Seward Airport
SWD · PAWD · Seward, Alaska · Kenai Peninsula County · map
Seward Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of Seward, Alaska, 28 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 4,249 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now PAWD · observed 10:53 am AKDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (010°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 6,000 feet, overcast at 8,000 feet
- Temperature 47°F (8°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 29.57 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 PAWD 061853Z AUTO 01008KT 10SM BKN060 OVC080 08/05 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP012 T00830050 TSNO $
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 SWD · ICAO PAWD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 28 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Seward sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,249 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 2,289 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 13: brdg 6 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 31: VASI, four boxes on the left, brush 5 ft high 202 ft from the end
- Runway 16: trees 68 ft high 885 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Kenai and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 119.7 | |
| Seward and rco | 122.6 | Seward · Communications provided by Kenai Flight Service on frequency 122.6 (Seward rco). |
| Swd and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.2 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-224-2440.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Seward from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Seward, Alaska: 29 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate VASI runway 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude fixed wing 1000 feet above ground level. Runways 31 and 34 arrivals maintain at least 800 feet above ground level until turning final. Runways 13 and 16 departures climb straight ahead to at least 800 feet above ground level before turning westbound.
- Durg winter 4 in dip 15 in wide from north threshold.
- Trees and shrubs 100 feet from runway end both sides.
- Trees and shrubs 0-200 feet from threshold both sides.
- Approach slope 0:1.
- Runway 31 VASI unusable beyond 5 degrees right of centerline; offset 5 degrees clkws from centerline. Runway 31 VASI unusable beyond 3 NM; obstruction clnc beyond 3 NM NA.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slope.
- Hvy aircraft rstrd to north taxiway and north 400 feet of apron.
- Recommended procedure in effect 1 MAY-15 sep to avoid seasonal use helicopter 1 NM ssw.
- Birds WI 10 NM SPRING-FALL.
- Fixed wing operations ovr 12500 LB NA.
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.