PAIW · WAA
Wales Airport
Wales Airport (PAIW / WAA) is an airfield with scheduled airline service serving Wales, Alaska. The field lies at 22 ft (7 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 3,990 ft (1,216 m), gravel. Its nearest neighbour is Tin City Long Range Radar Station Airport (TNC), 6 nm SE.
Wales 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
- 22 ft (7 m)
- Coordinates
- 65.6226, -168.0950
- Serving
- Wales
- Region
- Alaska
- Time zone
- America/Nome
Runways1 · longest 3,990 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 3,990 ft1,216 m | 75 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.