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PAWR Whittier Airport
Whittier, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 APRIL 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 12-May-2025
 Local
(UTC-8)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:1412:14
Sunrise05:1913:19
Sunset22:2406:24
Evening civil twilight23:2807:28

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-May-2025 16:35:00
Local (UTC-8)  12-May-2025 08:35:00
 
METAR
PATO 
4nm W 
121620Z AUTO 11013G35KT 2SM RA BKN025 OVC030 05/02 A2984 RMK AO2 PK WND 09035/1616 P0005 T00500022 TSNO
TAF
PAED 
42nm NW 
121300Z 1213/1319 35009KT 9000 -SHRA BR BKN030 OVC060 620404 510203 QNH2972INS BECMG 1218/1219 21009KT 9000 -SHRA BR BKN030 OVC060 620404 510203 QNH2970INS BECMG 1301/1302 19010G20KT 9999 VCSH BKN025 OVC040 620404 520104 QNH2971INS BECMG 1313/1314 21009KT 9999 NSW SCT020 BKN035 OVC060 620404 510203 QNH2979INS TX14/1301Z TN05/1214Z
PANC 
44nm NW 
121449Z 1215/1318 13011KT 6SM -RA OVC035 TEMPO 1215/1219 14012G20KT BKN025 FM130000 16011G20KT P6SM -SHRA FEW025 OVC040 FM130500 15010KT P6SM VCSH FEW030 BKN050
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