# Selawik Airport (WLK / PASK)

**Selawik Airport** (IATA: WLK, ICAO: PASK) is a small airport in Selawik, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1958. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,002 ft (915 m). It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WLK / PASK
- FAA: WLK
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
- Serves: Selawik, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Sep 1958
- Elevation: 17 ft / 5 m
- Coordinates: 66.6001, -159.9860
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,002 ft / 915 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 8,187 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selawik_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4413435
- Weather station: PASK
- Ident: PASK

## Timeline

- Sep 1958: Selawik Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 3,002 ft / 915 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 053° / 233° | yes |
| 09/27 | 2,659 ft / 811 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel | 106° / 286° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 12,674 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 11,834 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 12,346 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 12,169 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 11,173 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 5,014 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 6,569 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 8,003 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 9,226 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 9,254 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 8,187 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [OTZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paot.md) Ralph Wien Memorial Airport · United States · 74 mi / 119 km · Bering Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 8E [Bering Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/bering-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2025) | #2,762 of 3,974 | #686 in North America | #488 in US |
| Longest runway | 3,002 ft / 915 m | =15,805 of 29,858 | =6,418 in North America | =5,424 in US |
| Elevation | 17 ft / 5 m | =41,673 of 43,403 | =18,803 in North America | =15,384 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 135.650 |
| CNTR | ANCHORAGE CNTR | 119.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.700 |
| FSS | KOTZEBUE RDO | 122.500 |
| MISC | TWEB | 114.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [8AK3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ak3.md) Roland Norton Memorial Airstrip · 12 mi / 20 km
- [IAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paik.md) Bob Baker Memorial Airport · 29 mi / 46 km
- [ORV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pfno.md) Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial Airport · 32 mi / 51 km
- [BKC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pabl.md) Buckland Airport · 54 mi / 86 km
- [ABL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafm.md) Ambler Airport · 68 mi / 109 km
- [CDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak75.md) Candle 2 Airport · 72 mi / 116 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: “Selawik Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Selawik_Airport&oldid=1363077878), revision of 7 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/pask/data