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Niklason Lake Estates Airport

61.62750°N
-149.28700°W
ARR / DAY
3
32.3%
DEP / DAY
5
35.2%

Niklason Lake Estates Airport (3AK2) is a small general aviation airport located in Palmer, AK, 35 mi north east of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 700 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From PAAQ, 7 mi away (3AK2 does not publish METAR)

50m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 020053Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP061 T01390044

Runways

1 installed

700 FT MAX
06/24
700 ft × 50
GRVL-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

06
62% of ops
82 land · 30 TO
24
38% of ops
51 land · 174 TO
Runway 06 carries 62% of operations (82 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 38%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

06 82 landings
UA 33%
24 51 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 06 show a 33% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 82 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
9.8
flights/day · 294 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 2am
Day vs night
30%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2am–7pm local, averaging 9.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (13.0 vs 9.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (14% of 275 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Elevation:
410 ft
Mag var:
24° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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