FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | IWK |
| Lat/Long: | 65-37-21.3050N / 168-05-41.7800W
65-37.355083N / 168-05.696333W
65.6225847 / -168.0949389
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 22 ft. / 6.7 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 12E (2005) |
| From city: | 1 mile NW of WALES, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time) |
| Zip code: | 99783 |
Airport Operations
| Airport use: | Open to the public |
| Activation date: | 10/1954 |
| Sectional chart: | NOME |
| Control tower: | no |
| ARTCC: | ANCHORAGE CENTER |
| FSS: | NOME FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [ 443-2291 (local call from the AIRPORT)] |
| Alternate FSS: | FAI FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [1-866-248-6516] |
| NOTAMs facility: | IWK (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted, WIND SOCK LGT MAY BE OTS. |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36; PAPI AND REIL RYS 18 & 36 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
| CTAF: | 123.0 |
| WX AWOS-3: | 118.525 (907-664-3907) |
- APCH/DEP CTL PRVDD BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 133.3/290.4 (NOME RCAG COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY NOME FSS ON 122.6 (TIN CITY RCO).
Nearby radio navigation aids
| NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
|---|
| TIN CITY | | 298/5.6 | | 9 | | 13E | | TNC | - -. -.-. |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 4000 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 65-37.679500N | | 65-37.030667N |
| Longitude: | 168-05.579000W | | 168-05.813667W |
| Elevation: | 18.4 ft. | | 17.1 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 177 magnetic, 189 true | | 357 magnetic, 009 true |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on right (3.50 degrees glide path)
RY 18 PAPI OTS INDEFLY. | | 4-light PAPI on right (3.50 degrees glide path)
RY 36 PAPI OTS INDEFLY. |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes
RY 18 REIL OTS INDEFLY. | | yes
RY 36 REIL OTS INDEFLY. |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 15 ft. road, 600 ft. from runway, 40:1 slope to clear | | none |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | ST OF AK DOTPF/N RGN
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-443-3444 |
| Manager: | BOB MADDEN
BOX 1048
NOME, AK 99762
Phone 907-443-3431 |
Additional Remarks
| - | EASTERLY WINDS MAY CAUSE SEVERE TURBULENCE IN VICINITY OF RWY. |
| - | HIGH TERRAIN SE THRU E. |
| - | RY CONDITIONS NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING. |
| - | WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTP://AKWEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
|---|
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 **CHANGED** | |
download |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 **CHANGED** | |
download |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (39KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
PATC - Tin City LRRS Airport (6 nm SE)
PATE - Teller Airport (49 nm SE)
PASH - Shishmaref Airport (62 nm NE)
PAOM - Nome Airport (94 nm SE)
|
|
Road maps at:
MapQuest
MapPoint
Yahoo! Maps
Google
Rand McNally
Satellite photo at:
TerraServer
Virtual Earth
| Aerial photo |
|---|
|
| Sectional chart |
|---|
|
| Airport distance calculator |
|---|
|
|
| Sunrise and sunset |
|---|
|
Times for 09-Feb-2010
| | Local
(UTC-9) | | Zulu
(UTC) |
|---|
| Morning civil twilight | | 09:40 | | 18:40 |
| Sunrise | | 10:37 | | 19:37 |
| Sunset | | 18:16 | | 03:16 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 19:13 | | 04:13 |
|
| Current date and time |
|---|
| Zulu (UTC) | 09-Feb-2010 21:52:12 |
|---|
| Local (UTC-9) | 09-Feb-2010 12:52:12 |
|---|
|
| METAR |
|---|
| PAIW | 092135Z AUTO 06023KT 1 1/2SM -SN BKN005 OVC095 M27/M29 A2965 RMK AO2 PK WND 06027/2130 SNB04 FZRANO
|
PATC
6nm SE | 091728Z 03034G38KT 1/2SM BLSN OVC002 M30/M33 A2961
|
|
| TAF |
|---|
PATC
6nm SE | 091514 01025G35KT 2400 -SN OVC003 520005 QNH2952INS TEMPO 1523 02035G50KT 6000 -SN SCT003 BKN009 530005 BECMG 2223 02035G50KT 9999 SCT030 BKN100 530005 QNH2940INS BECMG 0506 03035G50KT 3200 -SN BKN030 OVC100 530005 QNH2935INS TM10/00Z TM26/12Z AMD 10
|
|
| NOTAMs |
|---|
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
|
|
