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45AK Cherokee Airport
Delta Junction, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 FEBRUARY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: 45AK
Lat/Long: 63-57-42.5840N 145-28-12.3310W
63-57.709733N 145-28.205517W
63.9618289,-145.4700919
(estimated)
Elevation: 1300 ft. / 396 m (estimated)
Variation: 29E (1985)
From city: 10 miles SE of DELTA JUNCTION, AK
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99737

Airport Operations

Airport use: CLOSED INDEFINITELY
Activation date: 04/1988
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: NORTHWAY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-778-2219]
Alternate FSS: FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516]
Attendance: UNATNDD
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at BIG (7 nm W): 135.65 (907-869-3480)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BIGr088/7.0BIG DELTA VORTAC114.9023E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
DELTA JUNCTION103/6.834720EDJN -.. .--- -.

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 11/29

Dimensions: 2600 x 40 ft. / 792 x 12 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 11  RUNWAY 29
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: ROBERT M. AND KIMBERLY ADAMS
PO BOX 1374
DELTA JUNCTION, AK 99737
Phone 907-895-5160
Manager: ROBERT M. AND KIMBERLY ADAMS
PO BOX 1374
DELTA JUNCTION, AK 99737
Phone 907-895-5160

Additional Remarks

- (ARPT STATUS) ARPT CLSD INDEFLY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 45AK.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PABI - Allen Army Airfield (7 nm W)
PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (60 nm NW)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (76 nm NW)
PFTO - Tok Junction Airport (77 nm SE)
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (80 nm NW)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 19-Feb-2026
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight07:3416:34
Sunrise08:2317:23
Sunset17:2802:28
Evening civil twilight18:1803:18

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  20-Feb-2026 05:40:08
Local (UTC-9)  19-Feb-2026 20:40:08
 
METAR
PABI 
7nm W 		200453Z 32015G21KT 6SM -SN BLSN SCT030 BKN045 OVC060 M18/M23 A3025 RMK AO2 PK WND 32029/0403 SNB19 SLP299 BLDRSN VC ALQDS P0000 T11831233 $
TAF
PABI 
7nm W 		192200Z 1922/2104 31009KT 9999 BKN050 620503 QNH2990INS TEMPO 1923/2003 31025G35KT 510003 BECMG 2100/2101 VRB06KT 9999 SCT050 BKN100 QNH2999INS TXM10/1922Z TNM21/2017Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 2005 NEXT 2014
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