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5AK2

Howards Airport
North Pole, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 FEBRUARY 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 -9 (UTC -8 during Daylight Saving 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 11-Mar-2025

	Local (UTC-9)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:34	15:34
Sunrise	07:23	16:23
Sunset	18:36	03:36
Evening civil twilight	19:24	04:24

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	11-Mar-2025 21:21:29
Local (UTC-9)	11-Mar-2025 12:21:29

METAR

PAEI 7nm SE	112055Z 36006KT 10SM FEW070 M07/M21 A2962 RMK AO2A SLP043 T10751214 52016 $
PAFB 9nm NW	112055Z 05005KT 10SM FEW060 M06/M23 A2964 RMK AO2A SLP050 T10601229 52014 $
PAFA 14nm W	112053Z 00000KT 10SM FEW070 M07/M21 A2965 RMK AO2 SLP050 T10671211 53015

TAF

PAEI 7nm SE	111400Z 1114/1220 34011KT 9999 BKN070 620703 QNH2951INS BECMG 1123/1124 34011KT 9999 FEW070 FEW200 QNH2966INS BECMG 1213/1214 VRB06KT 9999 BKN050 620503 QNH2974INS TXM03/1200Z TNM14/1116Z
PAFB 9nm NW	111400Z 1114/1220 05009KT 9999 FEW040 FEW060 QNH2956INS TXM07/1123Z TNM20/1214Z
PAFA 14nm W	111728Z 1118/1224 03006KT P6SM FEW070

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