Airports / Alaska / WOW
Willow Airport
PAUO / WOWWillow, AlaskaELEV 221 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#51 / 225
Alaska airports by Google rating
4.8★ across 10 Google ratings — ranked against 225 rated AK fields.
18 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wasilla Airport (WWA) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Willow Airport (PAUO / WOW) sits in Willow, Alaska, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 221 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
WOW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Wasilla Airport (WWA, 18 nm), Birchwood Airport (PABV, 26 nm), and Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal Airport (PAQ, 29 nm).
Quotes for flights out of WOW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Z22. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from WOW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PAUO
IATA
WOW
FAA / Local
UUO
Elevation
221 ft
Coordinates
61.7542° N · 150.0520° 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
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs AK fields
state range 2–3,318 ft
At 221 ft, WOW sits higher than 62% 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.
- 18nmWWAWasilla AirportWasilla
- 26nmPABVBirchwood AirportBirchwood
- 29nmPAQWarren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal AirportPalmer
- 31nmEDFElmendorf Air Force BaseAnchorage
- 33nmMRIMerrill FieldAnchorage
- 34nmTKATalkeetna AirportTalkeetna
Location
Open the full mapPAUO · Willow Airport · Willow, AK
From the ramp
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