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Wolf Lake Airport

61.64100°N
-149.28900°W
ARR / DAY
7
16.1%
DEP / DAY
6
29.4%

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

Current weather

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

58m ago
Temp
53°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAAQ 040553Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/08 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP197 T01170078 10194 20117 50006 TSNO $

Runway intelligence

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

08
65% of ops
264 land · 169 TO
26
35% of ops
145 land · 16 TO
Runway 08 carries 65% of operations (264 landings, 169 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

08 264 landings
UA 23%
26 145 landings
UA 39%
Approaches to 08 show a 23% unstable-approach rate (62 UA events from 264 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
12.8
flights/day · 384 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 3am · 12am
Day vs night
28%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–10pm local, averaging 12.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (13.0 vs 13.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 338 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 06:51 UTC