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PAOB · OBU

Kobuk Airport

66.91230°N

-156.89700°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 90.9%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From PAFM, 29 mi away (PAOB does not publish METAR)

55m ago

Temp

39°F

Wind

4 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

PAFM 020356Z AUTO 33004KT 7SM SCT035 OVC120 04/01 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP116 T00390011 $

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

70% of ops

46 land · 24 TO

30% of ops

20 land · 24 TO

Runway 09 carries 70% of operations (46 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

09 46 landings

UA 7%

27 20 landings

UA 15%

Approaches to 09 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 46 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

5.3

flights/day · 159 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 6pm · 8pm

Day vs night

25%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 5.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (7.0 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (63% of 159 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

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

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZAN
Mag var:: 11° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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