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PAOB · OBU

Kobuk Airport

66.91230°N
-156.89700°W
ARR / DAY
0
94.7%
DEP / DAY
0
94.1%

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 4,000 feet.

Current weather

From PAFM, 29 mi away (PAOB does not publish METAR)

55m ago
Temp
44°F
Wind
6 kts
30°
Visib
4828 m
Ceil
PAFM 041956Z AUTO 03006KT 3SM BR BKN005 OVC009 07/06 A2994 RMK AO2 RAB33E54 CIG 003V008 SLP144 P0000 T00670061 $

Runways

1 installed

4,000 FT MAX
09/27
4,000 ft × 75
GRVL-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

09
72% of ops
86 land · 40 TO
27
28% of ops
34 land · 52 TO
Runway 09 carries 72% of operations (86 landings, 40 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

09 86 landings
UA 6%
27 34 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 09 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 86 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
5.9
flights/day · 176 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 8pm · 6pm
Day vs night
25%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–6pm local, averaging 5.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (7.1 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (64% of 176 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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