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Wolf Lake Airport

61.64100°N
-149.28900°W
ARR / DAY
7
25.8%
DEP / DAY
5
5.6%

Wolf Lake Airport (4AK6) is a small general aviation airport located in Palmer, AK, 36 mi north east of Anchorage. It features 3 runways with the longest being 3,800 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From PAAQ, 7 mi away (4AK6 does not publish METAR)

19m ago
Temp
58°F
Wind
5 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 022253Z 17005KT 10SM CLR 14/05 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP123 T01440050 $

Runway intelligence

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

08
66% of ops
232 land · 164 TO
26
34% of ops
119 land · 14 TO
Runway 08 carries 66% of operations (232 landings, 164 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

08 232 landings
UA 25%
26 119 landings
UA 39%
Approaches to 08 show a 25% unstable-approach rate (57 UA events from 232 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
12.3
flights/day · 370 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 3am · 11pm
Day vs night
25%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 10pm–11pm local, averaging 12.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (12.9 vs 12.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 328 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Elevation:
540 ft
Mag var:
25° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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