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5AK2 Howards Airport
North Pole, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 FEBRUARY 2012

Location

FAA Identifier: 5AK2
Lat/Long: 64-43-50.4720N / 147-20-51.6720W
64-43.841200N / 147-20.861200W
64.7306867 / -147.3476867
(estimated)
Elevation: 490 ft. / 149 m (estimated)
Variation: 28E (1985)
From city: 2 miles SE of NORTH POLE, AK
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99705

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 08/1968
Sectional chart: FAIRBANKS
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0137]
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at EIL (7 nm SE): or 119.275
WX ASOS at FBK (9 nm NW): 119.025 (907-353-7940)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FAIr083/17.5FAIRBANKS VORTAC108.6021E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHENA129/7.525721ECUN -.-. ..- -.
FOX137/15.535621EFOX ..-. --- -..-

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 1800 x 50 ft. / 549 x 15 m
Surface: dirt
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Gradient: 0.6%0.6%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: trees, 100 ft. from runway, 6:1 slope to cleardike

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: J HOWARD
BOX 55263
NORTH POLE, AK 99705
Manager: Phone 488-6869

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 2
Single engine airplanes: 2
    
Aircraft operations: 150/year
67% transient general aviation
33% local general aviation

Additional Remarks

RWY 24 THR LCTD ON TOP OF 12'HIGH FLOOD CONTROL EMBANKMENT, CAUTION ADVISED.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5AK2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (7 nm SE)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (9 nm NW)
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (14 nm W)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (46 nm W)
PABI - Allen Army Airfield (61 nm SE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 11-Feb-2012
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:0817:08
Sunrise09:0218:02
Sunset17:0602:06
Evening civil twilight18:0003:00

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-Feb-2012 17:19:14
Local (UTC-9)  11-Feb-2012 08:19:14
 
METAR
PAEI 
7nm SE 
111655Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM SCT210 M09/M12 A2936 RMK AO2 SLP951 T10901116 $
PAFB 
9nm NW 
110555Z 00000KT 7SM BKN100 BKN200 M10/M12 A2952 RMK SLPNO 4/014 53012 LAST
PAFA 
14nm W 
111653Z 04005KT 10SM SCT100 BKN200 M11/M12 A2937 RMK AO2 SLP958 T11061122 PNO
TAF
PAEI 
7nm SE 
1112/1218 VRB06KT 9999 FEW100 BKN200 QNH2930INS BECMG 1211/1212 14010G15KT 9999 FEW070 SCT100 BKN200 QNH2920INS T01/1204Z TM14/1116Z LIMITED METWATCH 1112 TIL 1116
PAFB 
9nm NW 
1104/1210 VRB06KT 9999 SCT120 BKN200 QNH2946INS BECMG 1114/1115 VRB06KT 9999 BKN050 BKN120 BKN200 QNH2928INS BECMG 1123/1124 05012KT 9999 SCT120 BKN200 QNH2919INS TM04/1122Z TM12/1112Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1106 NEXT 1316
PAFA 
14nm W 
111130Z 1112/1218 36005KT P6SM FEW110 SCT200
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Hotels near Howards Airport

Miles Price ($)
HOTEL NORTH POLE 1.7 

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Howards Airport

1 in North Pole
19 in Fairbanks
 

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