Selawik Airport
WLK · PASK · Selawik, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Selawik Airport is a public-use airport in Selawik, Alaska, 17 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 3,002 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PASK · observed 3:56 pm AKDT (23:56 UTC), 2640 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 35°F (2°C), dew point 20°F (-7°C)
- Altimeter 29.46 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 PASK 042356Z AUTO 06011KT 10SM CLR 02/M07 A2946 RMK AO2 SLP973 T00171067 10017 21039 58014 FZRANO
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 WLK · ICAO PASK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 17 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
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1958
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,002 × 60 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 2,659 × 60 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: VASI, four boxes on the left, brush on the approach
- Runway 22: brush on the approach
- Runway 09: brush on the approach
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the right, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Selawik and rco | 122.5 | Selawik · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.5 (Selawik rco). |
| Wlk and aWOS-3P | 135.65 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-484-2107.
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 Selawik from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Selawik, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Activate rotating beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Northwest Arctic borough
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to use.
- Activate VASI runway 04; PAPI runway 27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.