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PAOB · OBU

Kobuk Airport

66.91230°N
-156.89700°W
ARR / DAY
4
6.5%
DEP / DAY
6
51.9%

Kobuk Airport (PAOB/OBU) is a small general aviation airport located in Kobuk, AK, 448 mi north west of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 4,020 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

4,020 FT MAX
09/27
4,020 ft × 75
GRVL-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

09
79% of ops
82 land · 30 TO
27
21% of ops
22 land · 52 TO
Runway 09 carries 79% of operations (82 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

09 82 landings
UA 20%
27 22 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 09 show a 20% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 82 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
7.3
flights/day · 218 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 7pm · 8pm
Day vs night
33%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 7.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.2 vs 8.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (62% of 218 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
KOTZEBUE 119.200
OTHER 119.200
AMBLER R 122.000
OTHER 122.000
KOTZEBUE 263.000
OTHER 263.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Mag var:
11° 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
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