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5AK2 Howards Airport
North Pole, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 NOVEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: 5AK2
Lat/Long: 64-43-50.4720N 147-20-51.6720W
64-43.841200N 147-20.861200W
64.7306867,-147.3476867
(estimated)
Elevation: 490 ft. / 149 m (estimated)
Variation: 28E (1985)
From city: 2 miles SE of NORTH POLE, AK
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99705

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 08/1968
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS: FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788]
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at FAI (14 nm W): 124.4 (907-621-7609)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
FAIr083/17.5FAIRBANKS VORTAC108.6021E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
CHENA133/7.525717ECUN -.-. ..- -.

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 1800 x 50 ft. / 549 x 15 m
Surface: dirt
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Markings: nonenone
Runway end identifier lights: nono
Obstructions: trees, 100 ft. from runway, 6:1 slope to cleardike

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: J HOWARD
BOX 55263
NORTH POLE, AK 99705
Manager: Phone 488-6869

Additional Remarks

- RWY 24 THR LCTD ON TOP OF 12'HIGH FLOOD CONTROL EMBANKMENT, CAUTION ADVISED.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5AK2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (7 nm SE)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (9 nm NW)
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (14 nm W)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (46 nm W)
PABI - Allen Army Airfield (61 nm SE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 03-Dec-2025
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight09:0718:07
Sunrise10:2319:23
Sunset14:5623:56
Evening civil twilight16:1101:11

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  03-Dec-2025 12:35:28
Local (UTC-9)  03-Dec-2025 03:35:28
 
METAR
PAEI 
7nm SE 		031155Z 00000KT 10SM -SN SCT015 OVC021 M06/M07 A2973 RMK AO2A SLP080 60011 4/006 T10581072 11058 21062 50002 $
PAFB 
9nm NW 		031154Z 00000KT 10SM -SHSN BKN021 M06/M07 A2974 RMK AO2A SHSNE33 SLP083 PRCP VRY LGT P0001 60015 70019 T10611071 11053 21065 50001
PAFA 
14nm W 		031153Z 00000KT 2SM -SN BR BKN019 OVC030 M06/M07 A2975 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 5 SLP084 P0000 60014 70019 T10611072 11056 21067 51002 VISNO NE $
TAF
PAEI 
7nm SE 		031130Z 0311/0412 VRB03KT 8000 -SN BR SCT006 BKN020 OVC060 620208 QNH2972INS TEMPO 0311/0317 4000 -SN BR BKN006 OVC015 620069 BECMG 0318/0319 VRB03KT 3200 -SN OVC006 620069 QNH2980INS BECMG 0400/0401 VRB03KT 9999 NSW FEW010 OVC060 620606 QNH2998INS BECMG 0404/0405 VRB06KT 9999 BCFG FEW020 QNH3012INS TXM06/0311Z TNM18/0406Z
PAFB 
9nm NW 		031211Z 0312/0413 VRB06KT 9000 -SHSN BR FEW015 BKN020 OVC060 620208 QNH2978INS BECMG 0315/0316 6000 -SN BR SCT008 BKN025 OVC035 620258 QNH2975INS TEMPO 0316/0320 3200 -SN BR BKN008 OVC025 BECMG 0400/0401 VRB06KT 9999 NSW FEW040 FEW150 SCT200 QNH3004INS BECMG 0407/0408 VRB06KT 9999 VCFG FEW200 QNH3028INS TXM06/0310Z TNM24/0413Z
PAFA 
14nm W 		031122Z 0312/0418 36004KT 4SM -SN BR BKN015 OVC030 TEMPO 0314/0318 1 1/2SM -SN BR FM040100 00000KT P6SM SCT015 BKN050 FM040600 00000KT P6SM FEW050
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