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5AK3

Airway Airport
North Pole, Alaska, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 JANUARY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	5AK3
Lat/Long:	64-46-23.4740N 147-20-01.6880W 64-46.391233N 147-20.028133W 64.7731872,-147.3338022 (estimated)
Elevation:	480 ft. / 146 m (estimated)
Variation:	28E (1985)
From city:	2 miles NE 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:	yes, RWY 33 APCH END.
Segmented circle:	no

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.8
WX ASOS at FAI (14 nm W):	124.4 (907-474-8036)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
FAIr074/17.4		FAIRBANKS VORTAC		108.60		21E

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
CHENA		117/5.7		257		17E		CUN	-.-. ..- -.

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions:	2550 x 45 ft. / 777 x 14 m
Surface:	gravel
Operational restrictions:	PACKED SNOW WINTER MONTHS. TURNAROUND N & S END; MIDFIELD TURNAROUND NA.
	RUNWAY 15	RUNWAY 33
Traffic pattern:	left	left
Markings:	none	none
Runway end identifier lights:	no	no
Obstructions:	10 ft. road, 10 ft. from runway	50 ft. trees, 10 ft. from runway, 2:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	AIRWAY INC PO BOX 57366 NORTH POLE, AK 99705 Phone (907) 347-1460
Manager:	GENE SCARBORO PO BOX 55506 NORTH POLE, AK 99705 Phone 907-347-1460

Additional Remarks

-	PVT ARPT; OPS MEMBERS ONLY. LND AT YOUR OWN RISK. TSNT PPR - AMGR OR PROPERTY OWNER.
-	NOT MNTND; FAC NA. RWY COND UNMNT; RCMD VISUAL INSP BFR USE.
-	SKI EQPT OPS DURG FALL, WINTER & SPRING.
-	CTN: OPS FM ADJ GRAVEL PIT, POND & TIMBER TRAILS RWY.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5AK3.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

PAFB - Ladd Army Airfield (8 nm NW)
PAEI - Eielson Air Force Base (9 nm SE)
PAFA - Fairbanks International Airport (14 nm W)
PANN - Nenana Municipal Airport (47 nm W)
PABI - Allen Army Airfield (63 nm SE)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 16-Feb-2025

	Local (UTC-9)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	07:52	16:52
Sunrise	08:45	17:45
Sunset	17:22	02:22
Evening civil twilight	18:14	03:14

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Feb-2025 13:57:15
Local (UTC-9)	16-Feb-2025 04:57:15

METAR

PAFB 8nm NW	161355Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M17/M19 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP125 T11711195 $
PAEI 9nm SE	161355Z 00000KT 10SM BKN130 M17/M19 A2982 RMK AO2A SLP118 T11671194 $
PAFA 14nm W	161353Z 13003KT 10SM FEW070 BKN140 M17/M21 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP122 T11721206

TAF

PAEI 9nm SE	160600Z 1606/1712 VRB04KT 9999 BKN170 QNH2987INS BECMG 1622/1623 VRB04KT 9999 FEW080 QNH2987INS TXM14/1700Z TNM24/1617Z
PAFA 14nm W	160538Z 1606/1712 02003KT P6SM BKN070 BKN130

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