Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport
UBW · PAKU · Kuparuk, Alaska · North Slope County · map
Ugnu-Kuparuk Airport is a private airport owned by Conoco Phillips Alaska INC in Kuparuk, Alaska, 75 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 6,551 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (Jet A).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather right now PAKU · observed 12:45 pm AKDT (20:45 UTC), 35 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north (010°) at 17 knots
- Visibility 7 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 700 feet, a broken layer at 2,300 feet, overcast at 2,900 feet
- Weather: light freezing rain
- Temperature 25°F (-4°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 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 PAKU 062045Z 01017KT 7SM R06/P6000FT -FZRA SCT007 BKN023 OVC029 M04/M05 A3001
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 UBW · ICAO PAKU
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Conoco Phillips Alaska INC
- Elevation
- 75 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- Jet A
- On the chart
- Point Barrow sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1981
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,551 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · All arrival rpt 10 MI final on the common traffic frequency. |
| Deadhorse and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 134.4 |
Aircraft registered in Kuparuk from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kuparuk, AK as the owner's town.
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
- Navaids, lighting and surface mov controlled H24 by atac personnel. Operations NA WO atac personnel present.
- NOTAM information - airport operates.
- All arrival rpt 10 MI final on the common traffic frequency.
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.