METAR & TAF PFTK
PFTK does not publish a METAR.
Showing the nearest reporting station: PAJN (JUNEAU INTL) · 21.5 NM away. Conditions at PFTK may differ.
METAR · PAJN
Observed 18:53Z
PAJN 131853Z 10006KT 10SM FEW015 BKN039 OVC065 09/08 A2978
- Wind
- 100° @ 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 SM
- Temp / Dew
- 9°C / 8°C
- Altimeter
- 29.78 inHg
- Clouds
- OVC
- Density alt
- -546 ft
- Ceiling
- 3,900 ft AGL
- Rules
- VFR
Airport info & contacts
Manager on record, flight service, ARTCC, attendance schedule and pattern altitude — published by the FAA and refreshed every 28 days.
Location
- From city
- 0 NM E
- VFR sectional
- JUNEAU
- ARTCC
- ZAN · ANCHORAGE
- NOTAM facility
- JNU (NOTAM-D)
Airport manager
- Name
- MIKE WARD
- Phone
- 907-586-6275
Flight service · Hours
- FSS JNU
- JUNEAU907-586-73801-866-297-2236
- Attendance
- SUMMER · DALGT
Frequencies
Tap any row to copy the frequency to your clipboard.
Runways & pattern
Full pagePattern entry · RWY —
| Runway | Heading (°M) | Length | Surface | Traffic |
|---|
Approaches & charts
Services on the field
Fuel grades, oxygen, maintenance, ramp storage and lighting — as declared to the FAA by the airport operator.
Fuel & services
- Fuel
- Not available
Ramp & ground
- Transient storage
- Not published
- Landing fee
- No fee published
- Customs
- Not available
- Wind indicator
- No
- Segmented circle
- No
Fuel & FBOs
Cheapest 100LL and Jet A on the field and nearby. Always confirm with the FBO before taxi.
Airport notes
Surface conditions, obstructions, local procedures, lighting outages and other notes published with each FAA cycle.
General notes
- Mountains are northwest and southeast. The area is shallow at low tide; recommended river channel landing. Summer operations only.Show FAA
- Public dock and safe shoreline access are not available.Show FAA
- Otters occupy the lodge float arrival and departure areas at 15-minute intervals.Show FAA
Other notes
- MANAGERManager phone number is 907-957-1543.Show FAA
VFR map & nearby airports
VFR sectional. Tap any ICAO chip to open that airport.
Key facts · PFTK
Answer card- ICAO
- PFTK
- Name
- TAKU LODGE
- Location
- TAKU LODGE, ALASKA
- Elevation
- 0 ft MSL
- Traffic pattern altitude
- 1,000 ft MSL (1,000 AGL)
- Control tower
- Non-towered (use CTAF)
- Total runways
- 0
- Longest runway
- –
- Published ILS approaches
- 0
- Published frequencies
- 2
- Magnetic variation
- 28°
- Current flight rules
- VFR
- Current wind
- 100° at 6 kt
- Favored runway now
- –
Taku Lodge (PFTK) sits in Taku Lodge, Alaska at field elevation 0 ft MSL. This is a non-towered seaplane base with no runways listed. No ILS approaches are published. CTAF and UNICOM are both 123.05. Pattern altitude is not published, so verify the current Chart Supplement before you go. The published remarks matter here. Mountains are northwest and southeast. The area is shallow at low tide, so a river channel landing is recommended. Summer operations only. Public dock and safe shoreline access are not available. Otters also use the lodge float arrival and departure areas at 15-minute intervals. Plan for traffic on the water. No on-field FBOs are listed. If you need current handling or fuel details, contact the airport operator directly or call the FBO directly by phone. The manager phone number in the Chart Supplement is 907-957-1543. With the terrain, tide and float traffic, this is a place to brief the arrival carefully before you launch.