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PAWR Whittier Airport
Whittier, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: IEM
Lat/Long: 60-46-37.8100N 148-43-10.7500W
60-46.630167N 148-43.179167W
60.7771694,-148.7196528
(estimated)
Elevation: 39 ft. / 12 m (estimated)
Variation: 25E (1985)
From city: 1 mile NW of WHITTIER, AK
Time zone: UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 99631

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1974
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
NOTAMs facility: ENA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes, WIND INDICATOR MAY BE UNRELIABLE.
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 4/22

Dimensions: 1480 x 60 ft. / 451 x 18 m
Surface: gravel, in fair condition
RUNWAY 4  RUNWAY 22
Latitude: 60-46.562000N60-46.698333N
Longitude: 148-43.384667W148-42.973667W
Elevation: 39.0 ft.19.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 031 magnetic, 056 true211 magnetic, 236 true
Markings: nonenone
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 26 ft. road, 75 ft. right of centerline3 ft. brush, 40 ft. left and right of centerline

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ALASKA DOT&PF CENTRAL REGION
PO BOX 196900
ANCHORAGE, AK 99519-6900
Phone 907-269-0760
Manager: PAUL BERTHOLL
STATE OF AK DOT/PF
GIRDWOOD, AK 99587
Phone 907-783-2232

Additional Remarks

APCH TO RY 22 OVER WATER. DISTANCE FROM WATER TO THLD PANELS 205 FT.
FOR TKOF USE RY 04 ONLY; FIRST 130 FT OF RY 04 UNUSBL. PILE OF LARGE ROCKS LCTD APCH END RY 04. FOR LDGS USE RY 22 ONLY; GO AROUND UNLIKELY.
WHITTIER AND PORTAGE GLACIER WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTPS://WEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV
30 FT TREES, 45 FT EACH SIDE OF RWY CENTERLINE, FULL LENGTH.
NO SCHEDULED MAINT. NO WINTER MAINT. CLSD FROM FIRST SNOWFALL TIL AFTER BREAKUP.
WHEN AVAILABLE HOURLY WEATHER REPORTS FROM PORTAGE VISITOR CTR. 135.45. LOCATED WEST SIDE OF PORTAGE PASS.
RY CONDITION NOT MONITORED. RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LDG.
BIRDS ON AND INVOF ARPT.
RY 22 SLOPES UP 2% FROM WATER.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at PAWR.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFR - Bryant Army Airfield Heliport (40 nm NW)
PAMR - Merrill Field Airport (42 nm NW)
PAED - Elmendorf Air Force Base (43 nm NW)
PAWD - Seward Airport (44 nm SW)
PANC - Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (44 nm NW)
 
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Aerial photo of PAWR (Whittier Airport)
Photo by Dean Cully, August 2004

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 30-Jul-2025
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:2112:21
Sunrise05:2713:27
Sunset22:3606:36
Evening civil twilight23:4107:41

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  30-Jul-2025 15:19:51
Local (UTC-8)  30-Jul-2025 07:19:51
 
METAR
PATO 
4nm W 
301453Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM BKN036 OVC080 14/10 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01390100 56009 TSNO
TAF
PAED 
42nm NW 
301300Z 3013/3119 24006KT 9999 -SHRA BKN060 OVC080 620903 QNH3001INS BECMG 3017/3018 30006KT 9000 -RA SCT015 BKN040 OVC060 620804 QNH3000INS BECMG 3023/3024 01006KT 8000 -RA BKN015 OVC025 620804 QNH2999INS BECMG 3104/3105 03003KT 9999 VCSH SCT015 BKN030 OVC050 620804 QNH2999INS BECMG 3109/3110 03003KT 9999 NSW FEW010 SCT030 BKN060 OVC080 620804 QNH2999INS TX18/3016Z TN13/3112Z
PANC 
44nm NW 
301128Z 3012/3118 17012G20KT P6SM VCSH SCT060 BKN090 FM301500 15005KT P6SM -RA FEW020 OVC040 FM301800 15008KT 6SM -RA BR FEW015 OVC025 FM310000 20005KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 OVC040 FM310600 24006KT P6SM VCSH SCT025 OVC040 FM311200 VRB03KT 6SM BR SCT001 BKN060
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