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Wolf Lake Airport

61.64100°N
-149.28900°W
ARR / DAY
9
41.9%
DEP / DAY
5
13.8%

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 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

08
72% of ops
281 land · 235 TO
26
28% of ops
110 land · 16 TO
Runway 08 carries 72% of operations (281 landings, 235 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

08 281 landings
UA 27%
26 110 landings
UA 50%
Approaches to 08 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (77 UA events from 281 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
12.2
flights/day · 367 total
Busy hour (local)
1am
also 6pm · 10pm
Day vs night
36%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–10pm local, averaging 12.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (13.5 vs 12.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 332 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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