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PADG · RDB

Red Dog Airport

68.03210°N
-162.89900°W
ARR / DAY
1
58.8%
DEP / DAY
2
45.8%

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 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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
88% of ops
61 land · 7 TO
21
12% of ops
8 land · 62 TO
Runway 03 carries 88% of operations (61 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

03 61 landings
UA 5%
21 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 61 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
5.1
flights/day · 152 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 8pm
Day vs night
21%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 5.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.0 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (53% of 152 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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 02:32 UTC