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Niklason Lake Estates Airport

61.62750°N
-149.28700°W
ARR / DAY
2
50.0%
DEP / DAY
5
38.2%

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 2 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)

22m ago
Temp
47°F
Wind
3 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 312353Z 32003KT 10SM FEW020 08/04 A2957 RMK AO2 SLP017 60009 T00830039 10083 20044 55000

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
59% of ops
79 land · 30 TO
24
41% of ops
55 land · 180 TO
Runway 06 carries 59% of operations (79 landings, 30 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 79 landings
UA 35%
24 55 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 06 show a 35% unstable-approach rate (28 UA events from 79 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
10.1
flights/day · 304 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 10pm
Day vs night
29%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–10pm local, averaging 10.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (15.2 vs 8.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 283 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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