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Wolf Lake Airport

61.64100°N
-149.28900°W
ARR / DAY
10
65.9%
DEP / DAY
5
10.3%

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 10 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)

23m ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
4 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 300953Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 13/09 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01280094 TSNO $

Runway intelligence

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

08
70% of ops
375 land · 311 TO
26
30% of ops
163 land · 17 TO
Runway 08 carries 70% of operations (375 landings, 311 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

08 375 landings
UA 28%
26 163 landings
UA 52%
Approaches to 08 show a 28% unstable-approach rate (105 UA events from 375 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
12.4
flights/day · 372 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 1am · 10pm
Day vs night
35%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–10pm local, averaging 12.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (13.5 vs 12.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 335 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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