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.
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
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.