Airports / Alaska / FWL
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
33 nm
To the nearest alternate
Nikolai Airport (NIB).
Overview
Farewell Airport (FWL) sits in Farewell, Alaska, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 1,535 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
FWL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Nikolai Airport (NIB, 33 nm), McGrath Airport (MCG, 54 nm), and Tatalina LRRS Airport (TLJ, 62 nm).
Quotes for flights out of FWL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as PAFW. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from FWL, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
US-12647
IATA
FWL
FAA / Local
0AA4
Elevation
1,535 ft
Coordinates
62.5093° N · 153.8923° 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 1,535 ft, FWL sits higher than 92% 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.
- 33nmNIBNikolai AirportNikolai
- 54nmMCGMcGrath AirportMcGrath
- 62nmTLJTatalina LRRS AirportTakotna
- 66nmTCTTakotna AirportTakotna
- 87nmSRVStony River 2 AirportStony River
- 93nmLMAMinchumina AirportMinchumina
Location
Open the full mapUS-12647 · Farewell Airport · Farewell, AK