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PAWR · Whittier Airport

ICAO · US · 2 NTSB events

ID PAWR Elev 30 ft Lat 60° 46.63' N Lon 148° 43.18' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 1,480 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
04 — 1,480 ft 60 ft GRAVEL-F No —
22 — 1,480 ft 60 ft GRAVEL-F No —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 1 matched · 13 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (1)

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    BIRDS ON AND INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (13 sentences)
  • ·APCH TO RY 22 OVER WATER.
  • ·DISTANCE FROM WATER TO THLD PANELS 205 FT.
  • ·FOR TKOF USE RY 04 ONLY; FIRST 130 FT OF RY 04 UNUSBL.
  • ·PILE OF LARGE ROCKS LCTD APCH END RY 04.
  • ·FOR LDGS USE RY 22 ONLY; GO AROUND UNLIKELY.
  • ·WHITTIER AND PORTAGE GLACIER WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTPS://WEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV 30 FT TREES, 45 FT EACH SIDE OF RWY CENTERLINE, FULL LENGTH.
  • ·CLSD FROM FIRST SNOWFALL TIL AFTER BREAKUP.
  • ·WHEN AVAILABLE HOURLY WEATHER REPORTS FROM PORTAGE VISITOR CTR. 135.45.
  • ·LOCATED WEST SIDE OF PORTAGE PASS.
  • ·RY CONDITION NOT MONITORED.
  • ·RECOMMEND VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO LDG.
  • ·RY 22 SLOPES UP 2% FROM WATER.
  • ·WIND INDICATOR MAY BE UNRELIABLE.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

AK66

Source: OurAirports community

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

2 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

5

since 1982

Fatal

1

20.0% of total

Last 5 years

0

no recent events

Last 10 years

1

≈ 0.1/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=2

  • Other 1
  • Gear-up landing 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2012-05-19 Cessna T210L · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2001-02-24 Forney F-1A · Other · day →

Designees in AK

CFI Flight Instructors 1,010 A&P Mechanics 3,011 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 30 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 4 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 6 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 7 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 24 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 25 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 7 Schools Flight Schools 20 FBO Fixed Base Operators 55 Clubs Flying Clubs 6 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 4 EAA EAA Chapters 3

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Richard Wallace Girdwood AK 17 nm
Bradford Holt Moose Pass AK 27 nm
Brenton Kennedy Anchorage AK 29 nm
Bruce Cummings Anchorage AK 29 nm
Carol Zerbe Anchorage AK 29 nm
Daniel Jonathan Larocque Anchorage AK 29 nm
Greg Emory Stoddard Anchorage AK 29 nm
Hon Kagen Kinzie Anchorage AK 29 nm
Mark Roger Greig Anchorage AK 29 nm
Michael Brown Anchorage AK 29 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Justin Keith Shoffner Girdwood AK 17 nm
Ryan James Pelkola Girdwood AK 17 nm
Ryan Alon Skorecki Girdwood AK 17 nm
Brett Richard Ingalls Girdwood AK 17 nm
Chelsea Clara Woelkers Girdwood AK 17 nm
Christopher Jon Esh Girdwood AK 17 nm
Jonathan Randall Combs Girdwood AK 17 nm
Jackson Ernest Langford Girdwood AK 17 nm
Richard Andrew Wallace Girdwood AK 17 nm
Zackary Jay Ard Girdwood AK 17 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Michael Vance Smith Girdwood AK 17 nm
Lars Ivar Nedwick Girdwood AK 17 nm
Michael Raymond Blake Girdwood AK 17 nm
Matthew Patrick Bethke Girdwood AK 17 nm
Kyle Patrick Wolner Girdwood AK 17 nm
Eugene Neil Bjornstad Girdwood AK 17 nm
Darrel Stephan Kester Girdwood AK 17 nm
Gary Richard Larose Girdwood AK 17 nm
Kenneth Ward Simonis Girdwood AK 17 nm
Christopher Evans Donnelly Girdwood AK 17 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Northern Lights Avionics, Inc
Anchorage, AK
 42 nm
Avionics Specialists of Alaska
Anchorage, AK
 44 nm
Advanced AeroTechnologies Group
Palmer, AK
 50 nm
Aircom Avionics, Inc.
Fairbanks, AK
 244 nm
San Juan Air Maintenance
Friday Harbor, WA
 1143 nm
Cannon Avionics, Inc.
Arlington, WA
 1183 nm
Cannon Aircraft Interiors & CAI Avionics
Everett, WA
 1191 nm
Avionics Shop, Inc.
Gig Harbor, WA
 1214 nm
B&C Quality Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Auburn, WA
 1220 nm
Evergreen Airworks
Puyallup, WA
 1228 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.