South Naknek NR 2 Airport
WSN · PFWS · South Naknek, Alaska · Bristol Bay County · map
South Naknek NR 2 Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile ssw of South Naknek, Alaska, 162 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 3,314 feet of gravel and dirt. It has 2 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 3,530 takeoffs and landings a year. About 51 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PFWS · observed 2:56 pm AKDT (22:56 UTC), 35 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north (010°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,800 feet
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 PFWS 062256Z AUTO 01009KT 10SM OVC028 RMK AO2 SLPNO P0050 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 WSN · ICAO PFWS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 162 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,314 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 2,264 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: VASI, two boxes on the left, brush 9 ft high 4 ft from the end
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 559 ft, brush on the approach
- Runway 05: brush on the approach
- Runway 23: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Wsn and aWOS-3P | 121.575 | |
| King Salmon Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-868-7348.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,530, 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 South Naknek from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in South Naknek, Alaska: 10 turboprops, 5 helicopters, 4 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
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
- Runway condition unmnt; rcmnd visual insp prior to use.
- Activate VASI runway 13; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 13/31 - the common traffic frequency.
- Short cones and lights.
- Taxiway slps downhill to northwest; no line of sight between end of taxiway and runway 13/31.
- Vehicles, moose and bears on and in the vicinity of runways.
- Hvy traffic between south Naknek and Naknek airports less than 2 MI apart.
- 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.