PAIW Wales Airport
Wales, AK · 1 mile NW of WALES, AK
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO PAIW
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 25.8 ft
- Coordinates
- 65-37-21.2000N 168-05-41.9000W
- Lat / Long
- 65.6225556, -168.0949722
- Mag. variation
- 08E (2020)
- Time zone
- UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 10/1954
- ARTCC
- ANCHORAGE CENTER
- FSS
- NOME FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [ 443-2291 (local call from the AIRPORT)]
- NOTAMs facility
- IWK (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- UNATNDD
- Wind indicator
- lighted, WIND SOCK LGT MAY BE OTS.
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MIRL RY 18/36; PAPI AND REIL RYS 18 & 36 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from PAIW
Runways
Longest 3,990 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 3990 x 75 ft. / 1216 x 23 m
- Surface
- gravel, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
Runway 18
- Heading
- 180 magnetic, 188 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 22.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 36
- Heading
- 000 magnetic, 008 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 21.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 ft. road, 600 ft. from runway, 40:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf
- 123.0
- Wx Awos-3p
- 118.525 (907-664-3907)
Services
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Manager
- GEORGE KOST PO BOX 1048 NOME, AK 99762 Phone 907-443-3431
- Manager phone
- 907-443-3431
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.