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📍 Kobuk⬆ 137 ft1 runways

PAOB · OBU

Kobuk Airport

66.91230°N

-156.89700°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 90.9%

DEP / DAY

▼ 92.1%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Wind

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Ceil

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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

76% of ops

205 land · 91 TO

24% of ops

64 land · 112 TO

Runway 09 carries 76% of operations (205 landings, 91 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

09 205 landings

UA 5%

27 64 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 09 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 205 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

6.7

flights/day · 200 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 5pm · 7pm

Day vs night

35%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–7pm local, averaging 6.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (5.9 vs 7.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (66% of 200 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

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