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).
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What is the airport code for Cantwell Airport?
Its FAA code is TTW, and its ICAO code is PATW.
Where is Cantwell Airport?
It is in Cantwell, Alaska, 2,190 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Cantwell Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,080 feet long, grass and dirt.
Does Cantwell Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Cantwell Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Cantwell Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Healy River Airport (29 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Cantwell:
- Ray Atkins, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Wing and A Prayer Aviation INC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cantwell 8 aircraft · 8 piston singles
- Ray Atkins, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Wing and A Prayer Aviation INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 6 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/TTW.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.