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Red Dog Airport

68.03210°N
-162.89900°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 15.4%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 16.7%

Red Dog Airport (PADG/RDB) is a small general aviation airport located in Red Dog, AK, 610 mi north west of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 6,312 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
—
Ceil
—
METAR PADG 192358Z 00000KT 1 1/2SM -SN BR OVC007 M04/M04 A2949

Runways

1 installed

6,312 FT MAX
03/21
6,312 ft × 100
ASPH-G○ unlitHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

03
100% of ops
64 land · 17 TO
21
0% of ops
0 land · 30 TO
Runway 03 carries 100% of operations (64 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 0%.

Approach quality

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

03 64 landings
UA 2%
21 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 64 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
4.9
flights/day · 148 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 12am · 9pm
Day vs night
21%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (2.0 vs 6.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (54% of 148 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 131.050 —
KOTZEBUE 119.200 —
OTHER 119.200 —
KOTZEBUE 263.000 —
OTHER 263.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Elevation:
969 ft
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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