Chevak Airport
VAK · PAVA · Chevak, Alaska · Kusilvak County · map
Chevak Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile north of Chevak, Alaska, 61 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,220 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAVA · observed 10:56 am AKDT (18:56 UTC), 60 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,800 feet
- Temperature 37°F (3°C), dew point 29°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 PAVA 061856Z AUTO 34013KT 10SM OVC028 03/M02 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T00281017 $
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 VAK · ICAO PAVA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 61 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Bethel sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1973
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,220 × 75 ft | Gravel, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.0 | |
| UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Vak and aWOS-3P | 120.625 | |
| Cape Romanzof Center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-600-3038.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Chevak from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chevak, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 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
- Non-standard flashing.
- Activate - the common traffic frequency
- Exp xwinds.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - 122.8. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20; PAPI runway 02 and 20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Used as road.
- First 200 feet of runway 02 rough.
- Runway condition unmnt; rcmnd visual insp prior to use.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.