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3AK2 ·
Niklason Lake Estates Airport
61.62750°N
-149.28700°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼
16.1%
DEP / DAY
7
▲
9.1%
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 4 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From PAAQ, 7 mi away (3AK2 does not publish METAR)
Temp
43°F
Wind
4 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
06/24
700 ft × 50
GRVL-F○ unlit
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
06
59% of ops
86 land · 26 TO
24
41% of ops
60 land · 196 TO
Runway 06 carries 59% of operations (86 landings, 26 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 24 at 41%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
06
86 landings
UA 35%
24
60 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 06 show a 35% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 86 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
10.7
flights/day · 322 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 8pm
Day vs night
31%
06:00–20:00 local
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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