FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008
Location
| FAA Identifier: | IWK |
| Lat/Long: | 65-37-21.3050N / 168-05-41.7800W
65-37.355083N / 168-05.696333W
65.6225847 / -168.0949389
(estimated) |
| Elevation: | 22 ft. / 6.7 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: | OME (NOTAM-D service available) |
| Attendance: | UNATNDD |
| Wind indicator: | lighted, WIND SOCK LGT MAY BE OTS. |
| Segmented circle: | yes |
| Lights: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36 - CTAF. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
- 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 | | 9 | | 13E | | TNC | - -. -.-. |
Airport Services
| Airframe service: | NONE |
| Powerplant service: | NONE |
| Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
| Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 18/36
| Dimensions: | 4000 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m |
| Surface: | gravel, in good condition |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
| Latitude: | 65-37.679500N | | 65-37.030667N |
| Longitude: | 168-05.579000W | | 168-05.813667W |
| Elevation: | 18.4 ft. | | 17.1 ft. |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 177 magnetic, 189 true | | 357 magnetic, 009 true |
| Runway end identifier lights: | no | | no |
| 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: | ST OF AK DOTPF/N RGN
2301 PEGER RD
FAIRBANKS, AK 99709
Phone 907-443-3444 |
| Manager: | JERRY OLIVER
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. |
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 31 July 2008 at 0901Z and 28 August 2008 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (174KB) |
| RNAV (GPS) RWY 36 | |
download (193KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply | |
download (39KB) |
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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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 21-Aug-2008
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| Morning civil twilight | | 06:14 | | 14:14 |
| Sunrise | | 07:19 | | 15:19 |
| Sunset | | 23:12 | | 07:12 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 00:16 | | 08:16 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 22-Aug-2008 04:12:45 |
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| Local (UTC-8) | 21-Aug-2008 20:12:45 |
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| METAR |
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PATC
6nm SE | 220355Z AUTO 01021KT 10SM 08/08 A2978 RMK AO1 T00780078
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| TAF |
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PATC
6nm SE | 212113 01020G25KT 0400 FG OVC001 QNH2978INS T11/00Z T04/13Z AMD 2130
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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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