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Wolf Lake Airport

61.64100°N
-149.28900°W
ARR / DAY
10
39.2%
DEP / DAY
5
63.6%

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 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)

53m ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
3 kts
150°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 121453Z AUTO 15003KT 10SM OVC018 13/09 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP256 T01280094 53004 TSNO

Runway intelligence

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

08
69% of ops
372 land · 283 TO
26
31% of ops
170 land · 14 TO
Runway 08 carries 69% of operations (372 landings, 283 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

08 372 landings
UA 28%
26 170 landings
UA 49%
Approaches to 08 show a 28% unstable-approach rate (103 UA events from 372 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
12.5
flights/day · 375 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 11pm · 3am
Day vs night
33%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3am–6pm local, averaging 12.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (10.8 vs 13.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 327 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 15:46 UTC