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Red Dog Airport

68.03210°N
-162.89900°W
ARR / DAY
1
33.3%
DEP / DAY
1
33.3%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From PAWN, 32 mi away (PADG does not publish METAR)

43m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
3 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAWN 141056Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM SCT060 OVC085 14/13 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP185 T01390133

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
59 land · 0 TO
21
0% of ops
0 land · 10 TO
Runway 03 carries 100% of operations (59 landings, 0 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 59 landings
UA 0%
21 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 59 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
2.0
flights/day · 60 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 9pm · 10pm
Day vs night
10%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–10pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (1.6 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (42% of 60 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
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