Noatak Airport
WTK · PAWN · Noatak, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Noatak Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southwest of Noatak, Alaska, 92 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,992 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 5,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,908 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now PAWN · observed 1:56 pm AKDT (21:56 UTC), 1497 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 14 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 30°F (-1°C), dew point 17°F (-8°C)
- Altimeter 29.54 inHg
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 PAWN 052156Z AUTO 03014G20KT 10SM CLR M01/M08 A2954 RMK AO2 SLP014 T10111083 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 WTK · ICAO PAWN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 92 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,992 × 60 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 19: brush 8 ft high 65 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Noatak and rco | 122.4 | Noatak · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.4 (Noatak rco). |
| Wtk and aWOS-3P | 135.75 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-485-2203.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,000, 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 Noatak from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Noatak, 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 · 1 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
- Northwest Arctic borough
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Activate PAPI runway 01; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left of centerline.
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.