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Z81 Salmon Lake Airport
Salmon Lake, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 DECEMBER 2025

Location

FAA Identifier: Z81
Lat/Long: 64-54-32.4350N 165-00-52.9800W
64-54.540583N 165-00.883000W
64.9090097,-165.0147167
(estimated)
Elevation: 509 ft. / 155 m (estimated)
Variation: 17E (1985)
Time zone: UTC -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 99762

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1958
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: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OMEr003/26.2NOME VOR/DME115.0011E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
FORT DAVIS006/26.052911EFDV ..-. -.. ...-

Airport Services

Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 2000 x 55 ft. / 610 x 17 m
Surface: gravel, in good condition
RY SOFT WHEN WET AND CONTAINS SEVERAL 6 IN ROCKS.
Runway edge markings: RY 15/33 MARKED WITH CONES & THLD PANELS.
Operational restrictions: RY 15/33 SLOPES UPHILL SE TO NW. RY 15 THLD APRXLY 40 FT HIGHER.
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Latitude: 64-54.696500N64-54.384667N
Longitude: 165-01.003167W165-00.762833W
Elevation: 509.0 ft.476.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Obstructions: 2 ft. brush, 45 ft. right of centerline15 ft. road, 120 ft. right of centerline

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: ALASKA DOT&PF 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

- END RWY 33 ROCKY.
- RY NOT MAINTAINED & CONDITION NOT MONITORED, RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LANDING.
- HIGH TERRAIN ALL QUADRANTS.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at Z81.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAOM - Nome Airport (26 nm SW)
PATE - Teller Airport (39 nm NW)
PAWM - White Mountain Airport (43 nm E)
PFKT - Brevig Mission Airport (45 nm NW)
PAGL - Golovin Airport (56 nm E)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Jan-2026
 Local
(UTC-9)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight10:3519:35
Sunrise11:5220:52
Sunset16:2301:23
Evening civil twilight17:3902:39

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Jan-2026 13:14:05
Local (UTC-9)  09-Jan-2026 04:14:05
 
METAR
PAOM 
27nm SW 		091253Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR M27/M31 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP131 T12721311 TSNO
PATE 
39nm NW 		091256Z AUTO 10007KT 10SM CLR M26/M30 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP157 T12561300 FZRANO
PAWM 
43nm E 		091256Z AUTO 36011KT 9SM FEW045 BKN070 M27/M29 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP128 T12671294 FZRANO $
PFKT 
45nm NW 		091256Z AUTO 05009G18KT 10SM CLR M22/M28 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T12221283 FZRANO $
TAF
PAOM 
27nm SW 		091122Z 0912/1012 32005KT P6SM FEW120 FM100300 35013KT P6SM SKC
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