PAWG · Wrangell Airport

WRANGELL, ALASKA · MEDIUM AIRPORT · SCHEDULED SERVICE

Elevation ft

Runway

6,000

Longest ft · 10/28

56.48N

132.37W

Wrangell Airport serves Wrangell, Alaska at 49 ft elevation with its longest runway, 10/28, at 6,000 by 150 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.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
10/28	6,000 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 49 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)	49 ft	2,448 ft	2,115 ft	3,173 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,249 ft	2,682 ft	2,242 ft	3,363 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,449 ft	2,916 ft	2,368 ft	3,553 ft
35°C afternoon	2,461 ft	2,918 ft	2,370 ft	3,554 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (10/28, 6,000 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,554 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

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at PAWG is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
PAPG Petersburg James A Johnson Airport	27 nm NW	6,400 ft
PAKW Klawock Airport	59 nm SW	5,000 ft
PAKT Ketchikan International Airport	71 nm S	7,500 ft
PASI Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport	104 nm W	7,200 ft
PAJN Juneau International Airport	133 nm NW	8,857 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at PAWG

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at PAWG, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at PAWG or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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