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PAIW Wales Airport
Wales, Alaska, USA


FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 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 - 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 CITY298/5.6913ETNC - -. -.-.

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: 65-37.679500N65-37.030667N
Longitude: 168-05.579000W168-05.813667W
Elevation: 18.4 ft.17.1 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 177 magnetic, 189 true357 magnetic, 009 true
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 15 ft. road, 600 ft. from runway, 40:1 slope to clearnone

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: JERRY OLIVER
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 22 October 2009 at 0901Z and 19 November 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18   download (175KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36   download (193KB)
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)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 08-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight09:3118:31
Sunrise10:3219:32
Sunset17:2002:20
Evening civil twilight18:2203:22

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  08-Nov-2009 18:26:12
Local (UTC-9)  08-Nov-2009 09:26:12
 
METAR
PAIW 081807Z AUTO 17005KT 10SM BKN024 BKN031 BKN046 M07/M09 A2968 RMK AO2 FZRANO
PATC 
6nm SE 
081755Z AUTO RMK AO1 19/16/0000/965
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