PAAM
Driftwood Bay Air Force Station Airport
Driftwood Bay Air Force Station Airport (PAAM) is a general-aviation airfield serving Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The field lies at 24 ft (7 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 3,500 ft (1,067 m), gravel. Its nearest neighbour is Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport (DUT), 12 nm ESE.
Driftwood Bay Air Force Station Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 24 ft (7 m)
- Coordinates
- 53.9729, -166.8585
- Serving
- Dutch Harbor
- Region
- Alaska
- Time zone
- America/Nome
Runways1 · longest 3,500 ft
The diagram shows each runway’s orientation and relative length, read from its designator — runway 14 points 140° magnetic. Threshold coordinates are not published for this field, so strips are drawn about its centre rather than where they sit on the ground. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,500 ft1,067 m | 100 ft | Gravel | — |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.