PAPC · Port Clarence Coast Guard Station

PORT CLARENCE, ALASKA · MEDIUM AIRPORT

Elevation ft

Runway

4,497

Longest ft · 16/34

65.25N

166.86W

Port Clarence Coast Guard Station serves Port Clarence, Alaska at 10 ft elevation with its longest runway, 16/34, at 4,497 by 120 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

Military airfield. This is a military airfield in the FAA file. It is listed here for reference and for emergency planning. Civil use needs prior permission, there is no FBO, and no Jet A you can buy. Do not plan it as a fuel stop or a routine alternate.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
16/34	4,497 × 120 ft	asphalt	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 10 ft is about 15°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 15°C)	10 ft	2,440 ft	2,111 ft	3,167 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,210 ft	2,674 ft	2,238 ft	3,356 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,410 ft	2,908 ft	2,364 ft	3,546 ft
35°C afternoon	2,412 ft	2,908 ft	2,364 ft	3,547 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (16/34, 4,497 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,547 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Listed for reference only: PAPC is not a field to divert to or buy fuel at.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
PAOM Nome Airport	57 nm SE	6,176 ft
PAOT Ralph Wien Memorial Airport	143 nm NE	6,300 ft
PAUN Unalakleet Airport	176 nm SE	5,900 ft
PAGA Edward G. Pitka Sr Airport	253 nm E	6,000 ft
PANI Aniak Airport	295 nm SE	6,200 ft

04Fuel and services at PAPC

There is no public FBO fuel to log at PAPC. JetDesk collects Jet A prices that pilots actually paid, at civil fields, and its route finder leaves military and private-use fields out of every ranking. Read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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