# Ambler Airport (ABL / PAFM)

**Ambler Airport** (IATA: ABL, ICAO: PAFM) is a medium airport in Ambler, Alaska, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,000 ft (1,219 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ABL / PAFM
- FAA: AFM
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Ambler, Alaska, United States
- Elevation: 293 ft / 89 m
- Coordinates: 67.1055, -157.8553
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Passengers: 7,907 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambler_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2060909
- Weather station: PAFM
- Ident: PAFM

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Gravel | 023° / 203° | yes |
| 10/28 | 2,400 ft / 732 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 113° / 293° | yes |

- 10/28 slopes 1.1%: threshold 28 at 267 ft / 82 m, threshold 10 at 293 ft / 89 m.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 8,541 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 8,704 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 8,493 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 8,902 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 8,765 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 3,156 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 4,890 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 6,579 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,184 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 7,685 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 7,907 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [SHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagh.md) Shungnak Airport · United States · 24 mi / 39 km · Bering Air
- [OBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paob.md) Kobuk Airport · United States · 29 mi / 47 km · Bering Air
- [OTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paot.md) Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · United States · 129 mi / 208 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ABL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2025) | #2,778 of 3,974 | #695 in North America | #495 in US |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 293 ft / 89 m | =31,556 of 43,403 | =14,539 in North America | =12,244 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 132.100 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 119.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.700 |
| FSS | KOTEZBUE RDO | 122.000 |
| MISC | TWEB | 40.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [SHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pagh.md) Shungnak Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [US-6816](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6816.md) Barrow Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [DCK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/dck.md) Dahl Creek Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [OBU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paob.md) Kobuk Airport · 29 mi / 47 km
- [8AK3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ak3.md) Roland Norton Memorial Airstrip · 66 mi / 107 km
- [WLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pask.md) Selawik Airport · 68 mi / 109 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Ambler Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ambler_Airport&oldid=1364138396), revision of 14 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/pafm/data