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📍 Palmer⬆ 572 ft3 runways
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Wolf Lake Airport

61.64100°N
-149.28900°W
ARR / DAY
9
29.8%
DEP / DAY
7
16.3%

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 9 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

13m ago
Temp
49°F
Wind
8 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 170553Z AUTO 09008KT 10SM OVC090 09/06 A2993 RMK AO2 RAE0456 SLP137 P0000 60004 T00940061 10144 20094 58008 TSNO $

Runway intelligence

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

08
68% of ops
578 land · 386 TO
26
32% of ops
275 land · 40 TO
Runway 08 carries 68% of operations (578 landings, 386 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

08 578 landings
UA 25%
26 275 landings
UA 37%
Approaches to 08 show a 25% unstable-approach rate (145 UA events from 578 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
12.1
flights/day · 363 total
Busy hour (local)
1am
also 2am · 6pm
Day vs night
35%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–6pm local, averaging 12.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (12.0 vs 12.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 325 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:06 UTC