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Wolf Lake Airport

61.64100°N
-149.28900°W
ARR / DAY
7
133.3%
DEP / DAY
4
50.0%

Wolf Lake Airport (4AK6) is a small general aviation airport located in Palmer, AK, 36 mi north east of Anchorage. It features 3 runways with the longest being 3,800 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From PAAQ, 7 mi away (4AK6 does not publish METAR)

26m ago
Temp
60°F
Wind
5 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 051053Z AUTO 04005KT 10SM BKN075 OVC090 16/08 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP136 T01560078 TSNO $

Runway intelligence

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

08
64% of ops
257 land · 163 TO
26
36% of ops
145 land · 13 TO
Runway 08 carries 64% of operations (257 landings, 163 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

08 257 landings
UA 23%
26 145 landings
UA 40%
Approaches to 08 show a 23% unstable-approach rate (59 UA events from 257 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
12.3
flights/day · 369 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 12am · 3am
Day vs night
27%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3am–10pm local, averaging 12.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (13.0 vs 12.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 324 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Elevation:
540 ft
Mag var:
25° 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 11:19 UTC