# Farewell Airport (FWL / 0AA4)

**Farewell Airport** (IATA: FWL, FAA: 0AA4) is a small airport in Farewell, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1947. It has one runway, 4,600 ft (1,402 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-12647

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FWL / —
- FAA: 0AA4
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Farewell, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Sep 1947
- Elevation: 1,535 ft / 468 m
- Coordinates: 62.5093, -153.8923
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,600 ft / 1,402 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49746182
- Weather station: PAFK
- Ident: US-12647

## Timeline

- Sep 1947: Farewell Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | 30 ft / 9 m | Gravel | 105° / 285° |  |

- 08/26 slopes 1.2%: threshold 08 at 1,462 ft / 446 m, threshold 26 at 1,517 ft / 462 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | =7,734 of 29,858 | =2,945 in North America | =2,426 in US |
| Elevation | 1,535 ft / 468 m | =11,751 of 43,403 | =5,097 in North America | =3,870 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [PAFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafl.md) Tin Creek Airport · 9.0 mi / 15 km
- [8KA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/8ka.md) Tatitna Airport · 23 mi / 36 km
- [NIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafs.md) Nikolai Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [6AK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6ak.md) Rainy Pass Lodge Airport · 48 mi / 77 km
- [AK40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak40.md) Nixon Fork Mine Airport · 57 mi / 91 km
- [01A](https://dromopedia.com/airports/01a.md) Purkeypile Airport · 59 mi / 96 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)
- [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/us-12647/data