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5AK2

Howards Airport
North Pole, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 MARCH 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	5AK2
Lat/Long:	64-43-50.4720N 147-20-51.6720W 64-43.841200N 147-20.861200W 64.7306867,-147.3476867 (estimated)
Elevation:	490 ft. / 149 m (estimated)
Variation:	28E (1985)
From city:	2 miles SE of NORTH POLE, AK
Time zone:	UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	99705

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	08/1968
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	ANCHORAGE CENTER
FSS:	FAIRBANKS FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-474-0788]
Attendance:	UNATNDD
Wind indicator:	no
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at FAI (14 nm W):

124.4 (907-474-8036)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
FAIr083/17.5		FAIRBANKS VORTAC		108.60		21E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
CHENA		133/7.5		257		17E		CUN	-.-. ..- -.

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions:	1800 x 50 ft. / 549 x 15 m
Surface:	dirt
	RUNWAY 6	RUNWAY 24
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Markings:	none	none
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no
Obstructions:	trees, 100 ft. from runway, 6:1 slope to clear	dike

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	J HOWARD BOX 55263 NORTH POLE, AK 99705
Manager:	Phone 488-6869

Additional Remarks

-	RWY 24 THR LCTD ON TOP OF 12'HIGH FLOOD CONTROL EMBANKMENT, CAUTION ADVISED.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5AK2.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (7 nm SE)
PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (9 nm NW)
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (14 nm W)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (46 nm W)
PABI - Allen Army Airfield (61 nm SE)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 16-Apr-2025

	Local (UTC-8)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:13	13:13
Sunrise	06:11	14:11
Sunset	21:27	05:27
Evening civil twilight	22:25	06:25

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Apr-2025 16:17:47
Local (UTC-8)	16-Apr-2025 08:17:47

METAR

PAEI 7nm SE	161555Z 33003KT 10SM FEW120 BKN200 04/M06 A2974 RMK AO2A SLP078 T00431058
PAFB 9nm NW	161555Z 08008KT 8SM SCT120 BKN150 02/M05 A2977 RMK AO2A SLP090 T00211053 $
PAFA 14nm W	161553Z 03003KT 10SM FEW080 SCT120 BKN200 01/M06 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP091 T00111061

TAF

PAEI 7nm SE	161400Z 1614/1720 VRB06KT 9999 SCT120 BKN200 520109 QNH2970INS BECMG 1619/1620 13012G18KT 9999 BKN120 510109 QNH2940INS TEMPO 1700/1705 14015G25KT VCSH BECMG 1707/1708 14015G25KT 9999 SCT150 QNH2935INS TX10/1700Z TNM02/1614Z
PAFB 9nm NW	161400Z 1614/1720 09010G15KT 9999 SCT100 BKN150 QNH2937INS TEMPO 1703/1707 9000 -SHRA BKN060 OVC100 620604 BECMG 1713/1714 15010G15KT 9999 SCT180 QNH2931INS TX07/1621Z TN00/1614Z
PAFA 14nm W	161120Z 1612/1718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW080 SCT150

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