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6AK1 Platinum Mine Airport
Platinum, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 04 SEPTEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 6AK1
Lat/Long: 58-54-42.1770N 161-42-50.0100W
58-54.702950N 161-42.833500W
58.9117158,-161.7138917
(estimated)
Elevation: 100 ft. / 30 m (estimated)
Variation: 18E (1985)
From city: 1 mile SE of PLATINUM, AK
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 06/1968
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX AWOS-3P at PTU (7 nm NW): 118.375 (907-979-8800)
WX AWOS-3 at EHM (19 nm SW): PHONE 907-552-9419

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CAPE NEWENHAM024/19.038512EEHM . .... --

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 16/34

Dimensions: 2000 x 75 ft. / 610 x 23 m
Surface: gravel
RUNWAY 16  RUNWAY 34
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: hill, 3000 ft. from runway, 40:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: XS PLATINUM, INC.
P.O. BOX 12800
SEATTLE, WA 98111-4800
Phone 206-515-9999
Manager: JIM SLADE - MINE MGR
600 UNIVERSITY ST. STE 2520
SEATTLE, WA 98101-3302
Phone 206-515-9999
MARK BALFOUR - DIRECTOR

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 6AK1.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAPM - Platinum Airport (7 nm NW)
PAEH - Cape Newenham LRRS Airport (19 nm SW)
PATG - Togiak Airport (42 nm E)
PAQH - Quinhagak Airport (51 nm N)
PAEE - Eek Airport (79 nm N)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 26-Sep-2025
 Local
(UTC-8)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight08:0216:02
Sunrise08:4216:42
Sunset20:3404:34
Evening civil twilight21:1405:14

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  26-Sep-2025 20:31:21
Local (UTC-8)  26-Sep-2025 12:31:21
 
METAR
PAPM 
7nm NW 		261956Z AUTO 31026G31KT 10SM SCT018 BKN026 07/06 A2951 RMK AO2 PK WND 31033/1943 SLP995 T00720061 TSNO
PAEH 
19nm SW 		262016Z AUTO 34028G39KT 290V080 9SM BKN016 06/04 A2955 RMK AO2 PK WND 35040/2002 SLP010
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