FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 MAY 2013
Location
| FAA Identifier: | IWK |
| Lat/Long: | 65-37-21.2000N / 168-05-41.9000W
65-37.353333N / 168-05.698333W
65.6225556 / -168.0949722
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 25.8 ft. / 7.9 m (surveyed) |
| Variation: | 12E (2005) |
| From city: | 1 mile NW of WALES, AK |
| Time zone: | UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard 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: | ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36; PAPI AND REIL RYS 18 & 36 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise. |
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 |
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| TIN CITY | | 298/5.6 | | 347 | | 13E | | TNC | - -. -.-. |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 3990 x 75 ft. / 1216 x 23 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 65-37.677473N | | 65-37.030232N |
| Longitude: | 168-05.580643W | | 168-05.814562W |
| Elevation: | 22.4 ft. | | 21.0 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 177 magnetic, 189 true | | 357 magnetic, 009 true |
| Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path) |
| Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
| 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: | STATE OF ALASKA DOT & PF
NORTHERN REGION, 2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-451-2200 |
| Manager: | BOB MADDEN
PO 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 2 May 2013 at 0901Z and 30 May 2013 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (147KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (163KB) |
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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| Sectional chart |
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 17-May-2013
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| Morning civil twilight | | + | | + |
| Sunrise | | 05:31 | | 13:31 |
| Sunset | | 00:46 | | 08:46 |
| Evening civil twilight | | + | | + |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2013 07:03:57 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 17-May-2013 23:03:57 |
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| METAR |
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| PAIW | 180558Z AUTO 20012KT 10SM SCT037 OVC044 M07/M12 A2989 RMK AO2 SNB00E11 SLPNO P0000 6//// T10721117 50000 FZRANO
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PATC
6nm SE | 180618Z AUTO 16013KT 10SM -FZRA OVC028 M09/M13 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP121
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| NOTAMs |
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NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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