AirNav: PFKW - Kwethluk Airport

PFKW

Kwethluk Airport
Kwethluk, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	KWT
Lat/Long:	60-47-25.2000N 161-26-37.3000W 60-47.420000N 161-26.621667W 60.7903333,-161.4436944 (estimated)
Elevation:	25.3 ft. / 7.7 m (surveyed)
Variation:	14E (2010)
From city:	1 mile SSW of KWETHLUK, AK
Time zone:	UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	99621

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Activation date:	07/1966
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
NOTAMs facility:	KWT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	yes
Lights:	ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36; PAPI & REIL RYS 18 & 36 - CTAF.
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) ACTVT ROTG BCN - CTAF.

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.9
WX AWOS-3P:	120.000 (907-868-7313)
WX AWOS-3P at Z13 (8 nm N):	118.0 (907-269-2870)
WX ASOS at BET (12 nm W):	135.45 (907-543-5475)
WX AWOS-3P at WNA (17 nm W):	121.425 (907-868-7317)

APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ANCHORAGE ARTCC IN FREQS 125.2/ 372.0 (BETHEL RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
BETr074/11.2		BETHEL VORTAC		114.10		14E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
OSCARVILLE		079/12.6		251		11E		OSE	--- ... .

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions:	3199 x 75 ft. / 975 x 23 m
Surface:	gravel, in good condition HEAVES, RUTS & EROSION CHANNELS ALONG RWY SFC. RUTS AT RWY ENDS.
Runway edge lights:	medium intensity LGTS PARTIALLY OBSCURED BY BRUSH AND GRASS.
	RUNWAY 18	RUNWAY 36
Latitude:	60-47.672942N	60-47.167947N
Longitude:	161-26.474530W	161-26.768635W
Elevation:	25.0 ft.	25.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Runway heading:	182 magnetic, 196 true	002 magnetic, 016 true
Visual slope indicator:	4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)	4-light PAPI on left (3.20 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights:	yes	yes
Touchdown point:	yes, no lights	yes, no lights
Obstructions:	8 ft. brush, 40 ft. right of centerline	10 ft. brush, 90 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 907-269-0749
Manager:	JOSEPH LARAUX PO BOX 505 BETHEL, AK 99559 Phone (907) 543-2498 907-543-2498

Additional Remarks

-	WEEDS IN FRONT OF BOTH PAPI INDICATORS.
-	WINDSOCKS MAY BE UNRELIABLE
-	RY COND NOT MONITORED; RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USING.
-	WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTPS://WEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV
-	NUMEROUS ARPTS IN THE VICINITY.

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 20 March 2025 at 0901Z to 17 April 2025 at 0900z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18		download (227KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 36		download (240KB)
Departure Procedures
BETHEL TWO (RNAV)		download (121KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (148KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PFAK - Akiak Airport (9 nm NE)
PAPK - Napaskiak Airport (11 nm SW)
PABE - Bethel Airport (12 nm W)
PANA - Napakiak Airport (17 nm W)
PFKA - Kasigluk Airport (32 nm W)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 16-Apr-2025

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:35	14:35
Sunrise	07:24	15:24
Sunset	22:08	06:08
Evening civil twilight	22:56	06:56

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Apr-2025 12:18:02
Local (UTC-8)	16-Apr-2025 04:18:02

METAR

PFKW	161156Z AUTO 04014KT 6SM -SN BR SCT006 BKN013 OVC022 01/00 A2935 RMK AO2 SLP938 P0000 60002 70002 T00060000 10011 20006 58043 FZRANO
PFZK 8nm N	161156Z AUTO 06014G19KT 4SM -SN BR OVC004 00/00 A2935 RMK AO2 SLP937 P0003 60006 70006 T00000000 10011 20000 57041 FZRANO
PABE 10nm W	161153Z 05017G25KT 1 1/2SM R19R/4500VP6000FT -SN BR OVC004 M01/M01 A2934 RMK AO2 PK WND 04027/1115 SLP939 P0009 60017 70019 T10061006 10000 21006 58029 $
PANA 17nm W	161156Z AUTO 06015G20KT 2SM -SN BR FEW004 OVC011 00/00 A2933 RMK AO2 VIS 1 1/4V4 SLP930 P0002 60015 70017 T00000000 10006 20000 58043 FZRANO TSNO

TAF

PABE
10nm W

161136Z 1612/1712 04018G27KT 2SM -SN BR FEW004 SCT007 OVC010 TEMPO 1612/1614 1/2SM SN BR VV004 FM161400 05015G25KT 3SM -SNRA BR BKN007 OVC015 FM161700 06015G25KT 5SM -RA BR SCT007 OVC015 FM162200 07013KT P6SM VCSH SCT020 OVC035

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