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Gold King Creek Airport

64.19900°N
-147.92799°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Gold King Creek Airport (PAAN) is a small general aviation airport located in Fairbanks, AK, 216 mi north of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 2,558 feet.

Current weather

From PAEI, 41 mi away (PAAN does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAEI 112355Z 00000KT 10SM -RA OVC055 14/11 A3009 RMK AO2A SLP195 P0000 60002 T01410113 10143 20112 57022 $

Runways

1 installed

2,558 FT MAX
09/27
2,558 ft × 17
GRVL-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

27
60% of ops
12 land · 6 TO
09
40% of ops
8 land · 5 TO
Runway 27 carries 60% of operations (12 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

27 12 landings
UA 0%
09 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 27 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 12 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
2.6
flights/day · 79 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 10pm · 2am
Day vs night
22%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–2am local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.9 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 79 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Elevation:
1,720 ft
Mag var:
25° E
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