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PAIW Wales Airport
Wales, Alaska, USA


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 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
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 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: 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)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Feb-2010
 Local
(UTC-9)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight09:4018:40
Sunrise10:3719:37
Sunset18:1603:16
Evening civil twilight19:1304:13

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
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