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PAUO · WOW

Willow Airport

61.75420°N
-150.05200°W
ARR / DAY
17
0.9%
DEP / DAY
14
23.5%

Willow Airport (PAUO/WOW) is a small general aviation airport located in Willow, AK, 38 mi north of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 4,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 17 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From PAWS, 21 mi away (PAUO does not publish METAR)

33m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAWS 121856Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM BKN008 OVC019 14/13 A3033 RMK AO2 CIG 005V013 SLP242 T01390128 $

Runways

1 installed

4,400 FT MAX
13/31
4,400 ft × 75
GRAVEL-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

31
57% of ops
513 land · 257 TO
13
43% of ops
389 land · 341 TO
Runway 31 carries 57% of operations (513 landings, 257 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

31 513 landings
UA 16%
13 389 landings
UA 24%
Approaches to 31 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (82 UA events from 513 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
22.3
flights/day · 670 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 10pm
Day vs night
33%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–10pm local, averaging 22.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (27.5 vs 21.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 610 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
BIG LAKE 133.700
OTHER 133.700
BIG LAKE 279.600
OTHER 279.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Mag var:
21° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 19:29 UTC