Airports / Alaska / PAWR
Whittier Airport
PAWRWhittier, AlaskaELEV 30 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
42 nm
To the nearest alternate
Merrill Field (MRI) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Whittier Airport (PAWR) is a general aviation field serving Whittier, Alaska. The field lies at an elevation of 30 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
PAWR has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Merrill Field (MRI, 42 nm), Elmendorf Air Force Base (EDF, 43 nm), and Seward Airport (SWD, 44 nm).
Quotes for flights out of PAWR vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as AK66. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from PAWR, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
PAWR
IATA
—
FAA / Local
IEM
Elevation
30 ft
Coordinates
60.7772° N · 148.7196° 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 30 ft, PAWR sits lower than 76% 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.
- 42nmMRIMerrill FieldAnchorage
- 43nmEDFElmendorf Air Force BaseAnchorage
- 44nmSWDSeward AirportSeward
- 44nmANCTed Stevens Anchorage International AirportAnchorage
- 45nmPABVBirchwood AirportBirchwood
- 47nmNCNChenega Bay AirportChenega
Location
Open the full mapPAWR · Whittier Airport · Whittier, AK
From the ramp
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