KWT

Kwethluk Airport

ICAO PFKW60.7903°N 161.4440°W25 ft / 8 mSmall airport
On the map
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Federal Aviation Administration, Alaskan Region · Public domain · Commons

Kwethluk Airport (IATA: KWT, ICAO: PFKW) is a small airport in Kwethluk, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jul 1966. It has one runway, 3,199 ft (975 m) long, gravel. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2025 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1966–1966
JUL 1966
OpenedKwethluk Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
18/36196° / 016° · LIT
LENGTH3,199 ft975 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2015–2025
11K
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8K
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Routes

7 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsPrimera Air Nordic 6Yute Commuter Service 4Grant Aviation 27S 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KWT. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from KWT, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers8K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,768of 3,974 · #690 North America · #490 USLongest runway3,199 ft975 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=15,011of 29,823 · =6,021 North America · =5,070 USElevation25 ft8 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,832of 43,341 · =18,456 North America · =15,124 USAgeOpened 19662026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,607of 15,079 · =3,959 North America · =3,872 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