KLW

Klawock Airport

ICAO PAKW55.5792°N 133.0760°W80 ft / 24 mMedium airport
On the map
AKW-a
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska · Public domain · Commons

Klawock Airport (IATA: KLW, ICAO: PAKW) is a medium airport in Klawock, Alaska, United States. It opened in May 1975. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 35 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1975–1975
MAY 1975
OpenedKlawock Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
02/20039° / 219° · LIT
LENGTH5,000 ft1,524 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
17K
19K
23K
27K
26K
20K
29K
34K
34K
35K
15161718192021222325

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAlaska Seaplanes 2Island Air Express 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KLW. From the Wikipedia article “Klawock Airport” (revision of 29 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers35K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,234of 3,974 · #517 North America · #349 USLongest runway5,000 ft1,524 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,589of 29,823 · =2,430 North America · =2,018 USElevation80 ft24 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=37,742of 43,341 · =17,126 North America · =14,258 USAgeOpened 19752026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=7,196of 15,079 · =5,275 North America · =5,181 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: 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

4 channels
ASOSASOS135.450
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR118.500
CTAFCTAF120.900
FSSKETCHIKAN RDO122.250