PAMR Merrill Field Airport
Anchorage, AK · 2 miles E of ANCHORAGE, AK
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO PAMR
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 143.1 ft
- Coordinates
- 61-12-48.7670N 149-50-40.9540W
- Lat / Long
- 61.2135464, -149.8447094
- Mag. variation
- 19E (2010)
- Time zone
- UTC -8 (UTC -9 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 05/1947
- ARTCC
- ANCHORAGE CENTER
- FSS
- KENAI FLIGHT SERVICE STATION [907-283-7211]
- NOTAMs facility
- MRI (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-FRI 0730-1730
- Pattern altitude
- TPA FOR ACFT 105 KTS OR LESS 900 FT MSL. ACFT GREATER THAN 105 KTS 1200 FT MSL.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 07, 16, 25, 34; MIRL RWY 07/25 & 16/34 - CTAF. PAPI RWY 07, 25 & 34; VASI RWY 16 OPR CONSLY.
- International operations
- customs landing rights airport
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from PAMR
Runways
Longest 4000 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 4000 x 100 ft. / 1219 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 50.0
Runway 7
- Heading
- 071 magnetic, 090 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (3.50 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 131.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 41 ft. pole, 846 ft. from runway, 339 ft. left of centerline, 15:1 slope to clear
Runway 25
- Heading
- 251 magnetic, 270 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 143.1 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
- Dimensions
- 2640 x 75 ft. / 805 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 20.0
Runway 16
- Heading
- 161 magnetic, 180 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-box VASI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 130.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 31 ft. bldg, 437 ft. from runway, 268 ft. left of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
Runway 34
- Heading
- 341 magnetic, 000 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- basic, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 123.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 27 ft. pole, 331 ft. from runway, 231 ft. left of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 2000 x 60 ft. / 610 x 18 m
- Surface
- asphalt/gravel, in good condition FIRST 60 FT PAVED; RMNG GRVL.
Runway 5
- Heading
- 047 magnetic, 066 true
- Markings
- , in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 133.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 23
- Heading
- 227 magnetic, 246 true
- Markings
- , in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 138.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 7 ft. fence, 250 ft. from runway, 115 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 3
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 126.0
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 124.25
- Wx Asos
- 124.25 (907-271-5277)
- Merrill Ground
- 121.7 [0700-2200L.]
- Merrill Tower
- 126.0 127.55 [0700-2200L.]
- Anchorage Approach
- 119.1
- Anchorage Departure
- 119.1
Services
- Fuel
- 100 JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100 JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.