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PAOB · OBU

Kobuk Airport

66.91230°N
-156.89700°W
ARR / DAY
1
66.7%
DEP / DAY
1
54.5%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

1h ago
Temp
30°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAFM 021756Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC090 M01/M02 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP164 T10111017 11011 21033 53012 FZRANO $

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

09
70% of ops
49 land · 26 TO
27
30% of ops
21 land · 25 TO
Runway 09 carries 70% of operations (49 landings, 26 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 49 landings
UA 6%
27 21 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 09 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 49 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
5.6
flights/day · 167 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
25%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (7.0 vs 5.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (62% of 167 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:57 UTC