Wiseman Airport
WSM · Wiseman, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Wiseman Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile ssw of Wiseman, Alaska, 1,195 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,000 feet of grass and dirt.
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What is the airport code for Wiseman Airport?
Its FAA code is WSM.
Where is Wiseman Airport?
It is 1 mile ssw of Wiseman, Alaska, 1,195 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Wiseman Airport?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,000 feet long, grass and dirt.
Does Wiseman Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Wiseman Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Fairbanks International. Every route
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 Wiseman Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA WSM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,195 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,000 × 30 ft | Grass and dirt, poor |
- Runway 02: threshold displaced 500 ft, trees on the approach
- Runway 20: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bettles Airport (44 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bettles Airport (44 nm southwest).
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
- Ski plane operations winter only; snow removal NA.
- Windsock unrelbl.
- Alert: runway in MT valley; high trrn all quads. 35 feet trees WI 75 feet L and R of centerline.
- Recommended dogleg approach due to hill. 48 in saplings in safety area.
- Reflective mkrs and cones.
- Reflective mkrs and cones.
- 6 in rocks and 24 in grass alg surface.
- Runway maintenance NA; condition unmnt; rcmnd visual insp bfr landing.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 3 departures from WSM in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers in 27 seats (0% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiseman → Fairbanks International WSM–FAI | 3 | 0 | Warbelow |
All 1 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Wiseman from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Wiseman, Alaska: 1 piston single. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wiseman 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 3 flights in twelve months · Warbelow
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 1 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/WSM.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 November 4, 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.