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PAOB · OBU

Kobuk Airport

66.91230°N

-156.89700°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 36.4%

DEP / DAY

▲ 58.3%

Kobuk Airport (PAOB/OBU) is a small general aviation airport located in Kobuk, AK, 448 mi north west of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 4,020 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

4,020 FT MAX

09/27

4,020 ft × 75

GRVL-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

72% of ops

18 land · 0 TO

28% of ops

7 land · 0 TO

Runway 09 carries 72% of operations (18 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

09 18 landings

UA 22%

27 7 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 09 show a 22% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 18 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

1.9

flights/day · 58 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 7pm · 9pm

Day vs night

48%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.2 vs 2.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (81% of 58 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.700	—
KOTZEBUE	119.200	—
AMBLER R	122.000	—
KOTZEBUE	263.000	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAN
Mag var:: 11° E

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