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Niklason Lake Estates Airport

61.62750°N
-149.28700°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Niklason Lake Estates Airport (3AK2) is a small general aviation airport located in Palmer, AK, 35 mi north east of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 700 feet.

Current weather

From PAAQ, 7 mi away (3AK2 does not publish METAR)

57m ago
Temp
65°F
Wind
13 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 272353Z 13013KT 10SM SCT110 18/07 A2974 RMK AO2 SLP072 T01830072 10206 20167 51011 $

Runways

1 installed

700 FT MAX
06/24
700 ft × 50
GRVL-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

06
69% of ops
210 land · 120 TO
24
31% of ops
93 land · 267 TO
Runway 06 carries 69% of operations (210 landings, 120 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 31%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

06 210 landings
UA 28%
24 93 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 06 show a 28% unstable-approach rate (59 UA events from 210 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.6
flights/day · 197 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 1am · 2am
Day vs night
27%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2am–8pm local, averaging 6.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (6.5 vs 6.9 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (20% of 176 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Elevation:
410 ft
Mag var:
24° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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