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Gold King Creek Airport

64.19900°N
-147.92799°W
ARR / DAY
1
133.3%
DEP / DAY
3
228.6%

Gold King Creek Airport (PAAN) is a small general aviation airport located in Fairbanks, AK, 216 mi north of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 2,558 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From PANN, 42 mi away (PAAN does not publish METAR)

14m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
7 kts
80°
Visib
2012 m
Ceil
PANN 041753Z AUTO 08007KT 1 1/4SM RA BR OVC019 09/08 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP140 P0014 60079 T00890083 10089 20078 53004 TSNO $

Runways

1 installed

2,558 FT MAX
09/27
2,558 ft × 100
GRVL-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

27
67% of ops
14 land · 4 TO
09
33% of ops
7 land · 2 TO
Runway 27 carries 67% of operations (14 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

27 14 landings
UA 0%
09 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 14 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 2am · 11pm
Day vs night
15%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (3.5 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 72 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Elevation:
1,720 ft
Mag var:
25° E
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