Cantwell Airport
TTW · PATW · Cantwell, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Cantwell Airport is a public-use airport in Cantwell, Alaska, 2,190 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,080 feet of grass and dirt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA TTW · ICAO PATW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,190 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,080 × 30 ft | Grass and dirt, fair |
- Runway 04: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 25 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 22: road 15 ft high 10 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Cantwell from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Cantwell, Alaska: 8 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway subject to turbulent winds;high terrain to the northeast; southwest approach favored.
- Wind sock located off airport 100+ yards northwest side atop a private hangar.
- For emergency use only.
- Runway edges and thld marked with orange reflective cones.
- Runway 22 left side slopes down hill and surface is uneven.
- Runway condition monitored iregly; recommended visual inspection prior to landing.
- Runway 04 requires dogleg approach due to mountainous terrain.
- When available wea rprts hrly only.
- Runway 04 slope at 2% uphill north.
- Alaska railroad parallels runway along south side.
- Aircraft requested to taxi on runway and avoid use of subdivision road parallel to runway.
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.