# Klawock Airport (KLW / PAKW)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KLW / PAKW
- FAA: AKW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Klawock, Alaska, United States
- Opened: May 1975
- Elevation: 80 ft / 24 m
- Coordinates: 55.5792, -133.0760
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 34,620 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Sitka
- Website: http://dot.alaska.gov/stwdav/AirportList.shtml
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klawock_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6420011
- Weather station: PAKW
- Ident: PAKW

## Timeline

- May 1975: Klawock Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 039° / 219° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 16,905 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 19,498 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 23,110 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 27,456 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 26,047 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 20,113 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 28,759 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 33,908 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 34,396 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 34,620 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [KTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakt.md) Ketchikan International Airport · United States · 55 mi / 89 km · Island Air Express
- [SIT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasi.md) Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport · United States · 134 mi / 216 km · Alaska Seaplanes
- [JNU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pajn.md) Juneau International Airport · United States · 200 mi / 322 km · Alaska Seaplanes

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- Alaska Seaplanes · 2
- Island Air Express · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 35K (2025) | #2,234 of 3,974 | #517 in North America | #349 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 80 ft / 24 m | =37,798 of 43,403 | =17,135 in North America | =14,266 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.450 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 118.500 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 120.900 |
| FSS | KETCHIKAN RDO | 122.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [KTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pakt.md) Ketchikan International Airport · 56 mi / 89 km
- [WRG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pawg.md) Wrangell Airport · 68 mi / 110 km
- [ANN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pant.md) Annette Island Airport · 70 mi / 113 km
- [PSG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/papg.md) Petersburg James A Johnson Airport · 85 mi / 136 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: “Klawock Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klawock_Airport&oldid=1366692915), revision of 29 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/pakw/data