Airports / Alaska / PAWT
Wainwright Air Station
PAWTWainwright, AlaskaELEV 35 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#65 / 225
Alaska airports by Google rating
4.7★ across 29 Google ratings — ranked against 225 rated AK fields.
3 nm
To the nearest alternate
Wainwright Airport (AIN) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Wainwright, Alaska, Wainwright Air Station (PAWT) operates as a general aviation field. The airport sits 35 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into PAWT for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Wainwright Airport (AIN, 3 nm), Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial Airport (ATK, 49 nm), and Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial Airport (BRW, 73 nm).
Charter pricing from PAWT depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Wainwright AFS and Fort Wainwright. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Wainwright.
Field capability
ICAO
PAWT
IATA
—
FAA / Local
AK03
Elevation
35 ft
Coordinates
70.6139° N · 159.8633° 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 35 ft, PAWT sits lower than 74% 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.
- 3nmAINWainwright AirportWainwright
- 49nmATKAtqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial AirportAtqasuk
- 73nmBRWWiley Post Will Rogers Memorial AirportUtqiaġvik
- 83nmPIZPoint Lay LRRS AirportPoint Lay
- 166nmLURCape Lisburne LRRS AirportCape Lisburne
- 180nmNUINuiqsut AirportNuiqsut
Location
Open the full mapPAWT · Wainwright Air Station · Wainwright, AK
From the ramp
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