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PAUO · WOW

Willow Airport

61.75420°N
-150.05200°W
ARR / DAY
16
41.3%
DEP / DAY
14
47.7%

Willow Airport (PAUO/WOW) is a small general aviation airport located in Willow, AK, 38 mi north of Anchorage. It features 1 runway measuring 4,400 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 16 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From PAWS, 21 mi away (PAUO does not publish METAR)

23m ago
Temp
62°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
PAWS 151756Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN032 BKN110 17/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01670128 10172 20128 58002 $

Runways

1 installed

4,400 FT MAX
13/31
4,400 ft × 75
GRAVEL-G○ unlitMED

Runway intelligence

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

31
58% of ops
432 land · 251 TO
13
42% of ops
317 land · 258 TO
Runway 31 carries 58% of operations (432 landings, 251 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

31 432 landings
UA 16%
13 317 landings
UA 24%
Approaches to 31 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (71 UA events from 432 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
23.1
flights/day · 692 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 10pm · 6pm
Day vs night
34%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 23.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (27.5 vs 22.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 629 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
BIG LAKE 133.700
OTHER 133.700
BIG LAKE 279.600
OTHER 279.600
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAN
Mag var:
21° E
Fuel:
100LL

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 18:19 UTC