AirNav: PAIW - Wales Airport

PAIW

Wales Airport
Wales, Alaska, USA

FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 OCTOBER 2024

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:	08E (2020)
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
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-3P:	118.525 (907-664-3907)

APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC ON FREQS 133.3/290.4 (NOME RCAG).
COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY NOME FSS ON FREQ 122.6 (TIN CITY RCO).

Nearby radio navigation aids

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
TIN CITY		301/5.6		347		10E		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:	180 magnetic, 188 true	000 magnetic, 008 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:	none	15 ft. road, 600 ft. from runway, 40:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	ALASKA DOT&PF NORTHERN REGION NORTHERN REGION, 2301 PEGER RD FAIRBANKS, AK 99709 Phone 907-451-2200
Manager:	GEORGE KOST 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 HTTPS://WEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV
-	COLD TEMPERATURE AIRPORT. ALTITUDE CORRECTION REQUIRED AT OR BELOW -26C.
-	WIND SOCK LIGHTING INOPERATIVE, WIND SOCK MAY BE MISSING
-	SEVERAL RWY LIGHTS BROKEN.

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 from 31 October 2024 at 0901Z to 28 November 2024 at 0900z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18		download (200KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36		download (216KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply		download (61KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (148KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PATC - Tin City LRRS Airport (6 nm SE)
PFKT - Brevig Mission Airport (44 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 21-Nov-2024

	Local (UTC-9)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	10:11	19:11
Sunrise	11:23	20:23
Sunset	16:34	01:34
Evening civil twilight	17:46	02:46

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	22-Nov-2024 00:42:44
Local (UTC-9)	21-Nov-2024 15:42:44

METAR

PAIW	212356Z AUTO 09012KT 10SM CLR M04/M07 A3054 RMK AO2 SLP343 T10391067 11033 21039 50006 FZRANO
PATC 6nm SE	211555Z 02010KT 10SM OVC100 M04/M06 A3045 RMK AO2A SLPNO

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