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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. 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.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Wrangell Airport?
Its FAA code is WRG, and its ICAO code is PAWG.
Where is Wrangell Airport?
It is 1 mile northeast of Wrangell, Alaska, 44 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Wrangell Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 6,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Wrangell Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wrangell Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Wrangell Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Petersburg James A Johnson, Ketchikan International, Juneau International, Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Seattle-Tacoma International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wrangell Airport?
1 aviation medical examiner 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 Wrangell Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Also here
- cargo handling
- Notes
- customs available
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Petersburg James A Johnson Airport (27 nm northwest).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1,109 departures from WRG in those twelve months, carrying 50,794 passengers in 91,495 seats (56% filled), to 11 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wrangell → Petersburg James A Johnson WRG–PSG | 353 | 24,382 | Alaska Airlines Inc., Alaska Central Express |
| Wrangell → Ketchikan International WRG–KTN | 350 | 25,662 | Alaska Airlines Inc., Alaska Central Express, Scott Air LLC dba Island... |
| Wrangell → Juneau International WRG–JNU | 287 | 409 | Alaska Central Express, Alaska Airlines Inc., Kalinin Aviation LLC... and 1 more |
| Wrangell → Ted Stevens Anchorage International WRG–ANC | 74 | 0 | Alaska Central Express |
| Wrangell → Seattle-Tacoma International WRG–SEA | 29 | 318 | Alaska Airlines Inc. |
| Wrangell → Sitka Rocky Gutierrez WRG–SIT | 7 | 0 | Alaska Central Express |
| Wrangell → Yakutat WRG–YAK | 3 | 0 | Alaska Central Express |
| Wrangell → Hoonah WRG–HNH | 2 | 17 | Kalinin Aviation LLC... |
All 11 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 9 |
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 10,425, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 725 |
| air taxi and commuter | 6,200 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,500 |
| general aviation, local | 1,000 |
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 Wrangell from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Wrangell, Alaska: 8 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wrangell 8 aircraft · 8 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Petersburg James A Johnson (PSG) 353 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Alaska Central Express
- Ketchikan International (KTN) 350 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., Alaska Central Express
- Juneau International (JNU) 287 flights in twelve months · Alaska Central Express, Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 74 flights in twelve months · Alaska Central Express
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 29 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc.
- Sitka Rocky Gutierrez (SIT) 7 flights in twelve months · Alaska Central Express
- Yakutat (YAK) 3 flights in twelve months · Alaska Central Express
- Hoonah (HNH) 2 flights in twelve months · Kalinin Aviation LLC d/b/a Alaska Seaplanes
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WRG.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.