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5AK2

Howards Airport
North Pole, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 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 -8 (UTC -9 during Standard 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
FAIr083/17.5		FAIRBANKS VORTAC		108.60		21E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
CHENA		133/7.5		257		17E		CUN	-.-. ..- -.

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:	left	left
Markings:	none	none
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no
Obstructions:	trees, 100 ft. from runway, 6:1 slope to clear	dike

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 13-Jun-2025

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	+	+
Sunrise	03:06	11:06
Sunset	00:33	08:33
Evening civil twilight	+	+

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	14-Jun-2025 03:15:23
Local (UTC-8)	13-Jun-2025 19:15:23

METAR

PAEI 7nm SE	140255Z 00000KT 10SM FEW090 SCT240 25/01 A2985 RMK AO2A SLP111 T02520006 57012
PAFB 9nm NW	140255Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 27/01 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP116 T02670011 57013 $
PAFA 14nm W	140253Z 11005KT 10SM FEW100 SCT140 BKN200 26/02 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02560022 58013

TAF

PAEI 7nm SE	132200Z 1322/1504 25008KT 9999 SCT070 SCT140 BKN250 QNH2985INS TX27/1401Z TN08/1414Z
PAFB 9nm NW	1406/1512 VRB06KT 9999 SCT100 BKN200 QNH2986INS TX27/1422Z TN13/1411Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1402 NEXT 1614
PAFA 14nm W	131720Z 1318/1424 VRB04KT P6SM FEW100 SCT130 BKN200

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