Wrangell Airport
WRG · PAWG · Wrangell, Alaska · Wrangell-Petersburg County · map
Wrangell Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Wrangell, Alaska, 44 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 9 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 10,425 takeoffs and landings a year. About 14,561 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PAWG · observed 1:56 pm AKDT (21:56 UTC), 57 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the east (080°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 500 feet, a broken layer at 3,000 feet, overcast at 6,000 feet
- Temperature 52°F (11°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 9:24 am AKDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 10:00 am AKDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, light rain showers, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm AKDT (04:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 3,000 feet, overcast at 5,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR PAWG 062156Z 08007KT 10SM FEW005 BKN030 OVC060 11/09 A3006 RMK AO2 RAE01 SLP179 P0000 T01110089 $
TAF PAWG 061724Z 0618/0718 13008KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 OVC050 FM070400 VRB03KT P6SM SCT030 OVC050 AMD LTD TO CLD VIS AND WIND 0706/0715
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 WRG · ICAO PAWG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 44 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- Notes
- customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: LDA with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, hill 270 ft high 700 ft from the end
- Runway 28: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.6 | |
| Level Island Center (remote transmitter) Low | 118.0 | |
| Wrangell and rco | 122.45 | Wrangell · Communications provided by sitka Flight Service on frequency 122.45 (Wrangell rco). |
| Wrg and aWOS-3P | 128.5 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-874-2458.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,425, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Wrangell from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Wrangell, Alaska: 9 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 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
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) service available durg schedule air carrier operations only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; VASI runway 10 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Calm wind runway.
- VASI unusable beyond 2.5 NM; does not provide obstruction clrnc beyond 2.5 NM.
- Snow removal, wildlife control, condition rprtg and maintenance service available durg duty hour; aft hour or required - amgr.
- High trrn imt south of runway.
- Paew on runway. Recommended visual insp bfr use. Contact Flight Service for NOTAMs.
- Paja on runway, taxiway and parking apron NA.
- Airport sand lrgr gradation than FAA recommended/see AC150/5200-30.
- Closed to operations more than 30 passenger seats except prior permission required. 24 hour prior permission required cargo operations over 100K - amgr.
- Taxiway B under 12500 LB maximum gross takeoff weight.
- 24 hour prior permission required for seaplane aces gate entry durg atndd hour.
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.