Ralph M Calhoun Memorial
TAL · PATA · Tanana, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Ralph M Calhoun Memorial is a public-use airport, 1 mile wnw of Tanana, Alaska, 242 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 4,400 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PATA · observed 12:52 pm AKDT (20:52 UTC), 27 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind calm
- Visibility 6 miles
- Sky: overcast at 2,000 feet
- Weather: light snow
- Altimeter 29.73 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:10 pm AKDT (20:10 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm AKDT (20:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 6 miles, light snow, a few clouds at 700 feet, overcast at 2,000 feet MVFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm AKDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the north at 3 knots, visibility 6 miles, light snow, overcast at 1,500 feet MVFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm AKDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the north at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PATA 062052Z 6SM -SN OVC020 A2973 RMK AO2 SLPNO WIND 000/00-- TEMP 33F-- DEWPOINT 31F 6//// 52020 PNO
TAF PATA 062010Z 0620/0718 VRB03KT 6SM -SN FEW007 OVC020 FM062100 36003KT 6SM -SN OVC015 FM070700 35003KT P6SM OVC025 AMD LTD TO CLD AND VIS
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 TAL · ICAO PATA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 242 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
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 19E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,400 × 100 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, brush on the approach
- Runway 25: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Murphy Dome Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 120.9 | |
| Tanana and rco | 121.5 | Tanana |
| Tanana and rco | 122.65 | Tanana · Communications provided by fairbanks Flight Service on frequency 122.65 (Tanana rco). |
| Tal and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.1 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-366-7266.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Tanana from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Tanana, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 1 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
- Snow removal operations - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate VASI runway 07; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Adjacent river floatplane traffic.
- Taxiway B unlit; 36 in reflectors; closed in winter.
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.