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Chandalar Lake Airport

WCR · PALR · Chandalar Lake, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map

Chandalar Lake Airport is a public-use airport in Chandalar Lake, Alaska, 1,920 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,000 feet of gravel and dirt.

The airport

Codes
FAA WCR · ICAO PALR
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
1,920 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Fairbanks sectional
Magnetic variation
22E
In the FAA's files since
August 1958

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0321N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
03/213,000 × 60 ftGravel and dirt, good
  • Runway 03: brush on the approach
  • Runway 21: brush on the approach

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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 Chandalar Lake from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Chandalar Lake, AK as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal

2021-06-06ANC21LA045 · Cessna A185F N85DT · accident · no injuries
1984-09-02ANC84LA156 · Piper Pa-24-180 N5023P · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Slopes down hill 4% from north to south.
  • Runways 04 and 22 non-standard markings; thlds marked with reflective boards, no edge mkrs.
  • Unattended. No winter maintenance, ski equipped aircraft only. Runway not maintained and condition not monitored, recommend visual inspection prior to landing

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.