CDB
Cold Bay Airport
Cold Bay Airport (IATA: CDB, ICAO: PACD) is a medium airport in Cold Bay, Alaska, United States. It opened in Apr 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,179 ft (3,103 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 6 thousand passengers.
Timeline
1 event · 1949–1949APR 1949
OpenedCold Bay Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF15/33158° / 338° · LIT
LENGTH10,179 ft3,103 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
08/26095° / 275° · LIT
LENGTH4,900 ft1,494 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2015–202520K
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Routes
6 destinations · 1 countryYear-round6
KVCKing Cove AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation31 km19 miKFPFalse Pass AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation59 km37 miNLGNelson Lagoon AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation133 km83 miSDPSand Point AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation140 km87 miDUTTom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation286 km178 miSTGSt George AirportUnited States · Grant Aviation458 km285 miStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from CDB. From the Wikipedia article “Cold Bay Airport” (revision of 16 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
5 channelsASOSASOS135.750
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR118.500
CTAFCTAF123.600
FSSRDO123.600
RFSSKENAI RDO123.600