Willow Airport
UUO · PAUO · Willow, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Willow Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northwest of Willow, Alaska, 215 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,400 feet of gravel. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 69 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 15,815 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Willow Airport?
Its FAA code is UUO, and its ICAO code is PAUO.
Where is Willow Airport?
It is 1 mile northwest of Willow, Alaska, 215 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Willow Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 4,400 feet long, gravel.
Does Willow Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Willow Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Willow Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Brooks Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Willow Airport?
14 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
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 Willow Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UUO · ICAO PAUO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 215 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 4,400 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: road 15 ft high 158 ft from the end
- Runway 31: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 400 ft, trees 43 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 | |
| Big Lake Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 133.7 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Wasilla Airport (18 nm southeast), Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (29 nm east), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (33 nm south), Merrill Field (33 nm south).
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
- Acvt rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Credit card self service H24.
- Threshold marked with flexible reflective mkrs and cones.
- Dthr marked with flexible reflective mkrs and cones. Taxiway markings through dthr.
- Approach slp 20:1 to dthr.
- Float planes on Willow lake air carriers road.
- Weather rprt hrly when available.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 68 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,815, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 4,947 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,946 |
| general aviation, local | 4,678 |
| military | 244 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Willow from the FAA register
127 aircraft are registered to owners in Willow, Alaska: 120 piston singles, 7 helicopters. 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, 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Brooks Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Willow
Charter operators and airlines based in Willow:
- Andrew Airways, Inc 3 aircraft on the certificate Andrew Airways, Inc.
- Brooks Flyers LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Arctic Air, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate Arctic Air, Inc.
- Two In the Bush Aviation Services 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Legends LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Filkill, David B 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 8 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 aircrew program designees.
- Walter Maurice Warner private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, seaplanes · Willow, AK (0 nm) · (907) 232-2560 · [email protected]
- Martin Eric Hinshaw private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Alaska Flight Academy · Wasilla, AK (18 nm) · (907) 947-4052 · [email protected]
- Ray Larue Hodges private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Wasilla, AK (18 nm) · (907) 232-6102 · [email protected]
- Stacia Joyce private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; helicopters · wasilla, AK (18 nm) · (907) 350-1001 · [email protected]
- Dean Stewart Paulson private pilot; airplanes, seaplanes · Anchorage FSDO · Eagle River, AK (28 nm) · (907) 230-9628 · [email protected]
- Rex Lee Gray private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Palmer, AK (29 nm) · (907) 841-7116 · [email protected]
- Brenton Kennedy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · anchorage, AK (35 nm) · (907) 240-8707 · [email protected]
- Carol Zerbe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Anchorage, AK (35 nm) · (907) 350-6607 · [email protected]
All 56 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Willow 127 aircraft · 120 piston singles, 7 helicopters
- Legends LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Andrew Airways INC 2 aircraft in town
- Andrew Airways, Inc 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Brooks Flyers LLC. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Arctic Air, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Two In the Bush Aviation Services 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Brooks Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/UUO.json.
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 23, 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.