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5AK3 Airway Airport
North Pole, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 5AK3
Lat/Long: 64-46-23.4740N / 147-20-01.6880W
64-46.391233N / 147-20.028133W
64.7731872 / -147.3338022
(estimated)
Elevation: 480 ft. / 146 m (estimated)
Variation: 28E (1985)
From city: 2 miles NE 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 [907-474-0788]
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX ASOS at EIL (9 nm SE): or 119.275

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FAIr074/17.4FAIRBANKS VORTAC108.6021E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHENA113/5.725721ECUN -.-. ..- -.
FOX131/13.335621EFOX ..-. --- -..-

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 2550 x 45 ft. / 777 x 14 m
Surface: gravel
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Gradient: 0.5%0.5%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: road, 10 ft. from runwaytrees, 10 ft. from runway, 2:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: AIRWAY INC
PO BOX 55506
NORTH POLE, AK 99705
Phone 907-488-5502
Manager: GENE SCARBORO
PO BOX 55506
NORTH POLE, AK 99705
Phone 907-488-5502

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 15
Single engine airplanes: 15
    
Aircraft operations: avg 33/month *
75% transient general aviation
25% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 07 July 1976

Additional Remarks

RY NOT MAINTAINED OR MONITORED, RCMD VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USE. NO FACILITIES.
SKI EQUIPPED ACFT OPNS ONLY IN THE FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING.
PPR FOR TRANSIENT AIRCRAFT, WRITE TO AIRWAY, INC., P.O. BOX 55506, NORTH POLE, AK 99705.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5AK3.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (8 nm NW)
PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (9 nm SE)
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (14 nm W)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (47 nm W)
PABI - Allen Army Airfield (63 nm SE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 28-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:5717:57
Sunrise10:0919:09
Sunset15:0600:06
Evening civil twilight16:1801:18

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  29-Nov-2009 07:44:35
Local (UTC-9)  28-Nov-2009 22:44:35
 
METAR
PAEI 
9nm SE 
290704Z AUTO 00000KT 3SM R32/2200V5000FT HZ FEW001 M20/M23 A2933 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/2 RWY14 SLP948 $
PAFA 
14nm W 
290653Z 00000KT 7SM BCFG FEW001 SCT005 SCT090 M19/M22 A2934 RMK AO2 SLP951 BCFG S T11941217
TAF
PAFA 
14nm W 
290626Z 2906/3012 00000KT P6SM VCFG FEW001 SCT090

 
 

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