# Wake Island Airfield (AWK / PWAK)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AWK / PWAK
- FAA: AWK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: Wake Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Opened: Dec 1952
- Elevation: 23 ft / 7 m
- Coordinates: 19.2824, 166.6366
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 9,844 ft / 3,001 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC+12 · Pacific/Wake
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island_Airfield (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7960943
- Weather station: PWAK · WMO 91246
- Ident: PWAK

## Timeline

- Dec 1952: Wake Island Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 9,844 ft / 3,001 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/02162AD.PDF

## Routes

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

### Charter (2)

- [HNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phnl.md) Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · United States · 2,296 mi / 3,695 km · Mid-Pacific Jets, Air Transport International
- [SUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksuu.md) Travis Air Force Base · United States · 4,413 mi / 7,102 km · Air Transport International

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- 8C [Air Transport International](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-transport-international) · 2 · charter
- Mid-Pacific Jets · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 9,844 ft / 3,001 m | =1,189 of 29,858 | #28 in Oceania | #1 in UM |
| Elevation | 23 ft / 7 m | =41,032 of 43,403 | =1,986 in Oceania | #1 in UM |
| Age | Opened 1952 | =3,844 of 15,079 | #85 in Oceania | #2 in UM |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =1 in UM |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/G | OPS AAS | 128.000 |
| RDO | OAKLAND OCEANIC | 884.300 |

## Nearby airports

No open airport within 93 mi / 150 km.

## Sources

- [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: “Wake Island Airfield”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wake_Island_Airfield&oldid=1364989610), revision of 19 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/pwak/data