AWK

Wake Island Airfield

ICAO PWAK19.2824°N 166.6366°E23 ft / 7 mMedium airport
On the map
Wake Island air
US Air Force; derivative work: Hohum (talk) · Public domain · Commons

Wake Island Airfield (IATA: AWK, ICAO: PWAK) is a medium airport in Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands. It opened in Dec 1952. It has one runway, 9,844 ft (3,001 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by United States Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1952–1952
DEC 1952
OpenedWake Island Airfield opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
10/28102° / 282° · LIT
LENGTH9,844 ft3,001 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

2 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsAir Transport International 2Mid-Pacific Jets 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AWK. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Wake Island Airfield” (revision of 19 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway9,844 ft3,001 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,189of 29,823 · #28 Oceania · #1 UMElevation23 ft7 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,972of 43,341 · =1,970 Oceania · #1 UMAgeOpened 19522026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,844of 15,079 · #85 Oceania · #2 UMRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =1 UM
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

2 channels
A/GOPS AAS128.000
RDOOAKLAND OCEANIC884.300