Airports / Alaska / KLW
Klawock Airport
PAKW / KLWKlawock, AlaskaELEV 80 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#104 / 225
Alaska airports by Google rating
4.5★ across 25 Google ratings — ranked against 225 rated AK fields.
7 nm
To the nearest alternate
Craig Seaplane Base (CGA) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Klawock Airport, listed as PAKW / KLW, is a mid-sized airport in Klawock, Alaska. The field lies at an elevation of 80 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
KLW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Craig Seaplane Base (CGA, 7 nm), Hollis Clark Bay Seaplane Base (HYL, 16 nm), and Naukati Bay Seaplane Base (NKI, 17 nm).
Quotes for flights out of KLW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as 9Z1. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from KLW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PAKW
IATA
KLW
FAA / Local
AKW
Elevation
80 ft
Coordinates
55.5792° N · 133.0760° 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
Yes
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 80 ft, KLW sits lower than 59% 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.
- 7nmCGACraig Seaplane BaseCraig
- 16nmHYLHollis Clark Bay Seaplane BaseHollis
- 17nmNKINaukati Bay Seaplane BaseTuxekan Island
- 19nmKTBThorne Bay Seaplane BaseThorne Bay
- 23nmKXAKasaan Seaplane BaseKasaan
- 24nmHYGHydaburg Seaplane BaseHydaburg
Location
Open the full mapPAKW · Klawock Airport · Klawock, AK
From the ramp
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