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3AK2 ·

Niklason Lake Estates Airport

61.62750°N
-149.28700°W
ARR / DAY
3
7.7%
DEP / DAY
8
51.4%

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 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From PABV, 16 mi away (3AK2 does not publish METAR)

25m ago
Temp
53°F
Wind
5 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PABV 290656Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM -RA OVC043 12/10 A2967 RMK AO2 RAE07B53 SLP048 P0000 T01170100 $

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
58% of ops
82 land · 27 TO
24
42% of ops
60 land · 188 TO
Runway 06 carries 58% of operations (82 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

06 82 landings
UA 33%
24 60 landings
UA 12%
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
10.4
flights/day · 311 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 10pm
Day vs night
30%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 10.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (12.9 vs 9.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 289 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 07:21 UTC