Airports / Alaska / PAQ
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport
PAAQ / PAQPalmer, AlaskaELEV 242 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#69 / 225
Alaska airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 13 Google ratings — ranked against 225 rated AK fields.
13 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wasilla Airport (WWA) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport, listed as PAAQ / PAQ, is a mid-sized airport in Palmer, Alaska. The field lies at an elevation of 242 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
PAQ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Wasilla Airport (WWA, 13 nm), Birchwood Airport (PABV, 16 nm), and Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF, 29 nm).
Quotes for flights out of PAQ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Palmer Muni and Palmer Buddy Woods Municipal. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from PAQ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PAAQ
IATA
PAQ
FAA / Local
PAQ
Elevation
242 ft
Coordinates
61.5949° N · 149.0890° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 242 ft, PAQ sits higher than 64% of the 285 Alaska fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 13nmWWAWasilla AirportWasilla
- 16nmPABVBirchwood AirportBirchwood
- 29nmEDFElmendorf Air Force BaseAnchorage
- 32nmMRIMerrill FieldAnchorage
- 36nmANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportAnchorage
- 52nmTKATalkeetna AirportTalkeetna
Location
Open the full mapPAAQ · Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport · Palmer, AK
From the ramp
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