# Airway Airport (5AK3)

**Airway Airport** (FAA: 5AK3) is a small airport in North Pole, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1968. It has one runway, 2,550 ft (777 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ak3

## At a glance

- FAA: 5AK3
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: North Pole, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Aug 1968
- Elevation: 480 ft / 146 m
- Coordinates: 64.7732, -147.3340
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,550 ft / 777 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49744838
- Weather station: PAFB
- Ident: 5AK3

## Timeline

- Aug 1968: Airway Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,550 ft / 777 m | 45 ft / 14 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,550 ft / 777 m | =20,276 of 29,858 | =8,917 in North America | =7,670 in US |
| Elevation | 480 ft / 146 m | =27,482 of 43,403 | =13,068 in North America | =10,936 in US |
| Age | Opened 1968 | =5,887 of 15,079 | =4,192 in North America | =4,105 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [78AA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/78aa.md) Lakewood Airport · 2.6 mi / 4.1 km
- [5AK2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ak2.md) Howards Airport · 3.0 mi / 4.8 km
- [31AK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/31ak.md) Dalrymple's Airport · 5.2 mi / 8.4 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ak3/data