Kotlik Airport (PFKO), Alaska
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Kotlik Airport, identified as PFKO, serves the community of Kotlik, Alaska with a single gravel runway. The field is unattended, and pilots operate under CTAF procedures with pilot-activated lighting.
Runways
Kotlik Airport has one unpaved runway, 02/20, 4,400 ft long and 100 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Kotlik Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Nome (PAOM), 102 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Kotlik Airport recorded 255 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in January. Business aviation traffic at PFKO peaks in January and again in July and August, with fewer operations during the mid-year and late-year months.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month January, 35 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Operating constraints
Kotlik Airport has published operating constraints in two categories: runway notes and other notes.
Runway condition is unmonitored; a visual inspection is recommended prior to landing.
Medium intensity runway lights for runway 02/20 are pilot-activated via CTAF.
The rotating beacon is pilot-activated via CTAF.
A weather camera is available on the internet at https://weathercams.faa.gov.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Kotlik Airport has three airfields within 48 NM. The closest is Emmonak (PAEM), 30.03 NM southwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at PFKO
We arrange catering, fuel and trip support here. Supplier prices reach you unchanged; our coordination fee sits on its own line.
The same order, priced two ways.
$600.00 catering order at PFKO.
Unchanged.
What the kitchen invoices us is what your quote reads.
One line, fixed.
The $75 minimum applies below $862.50.
At cost.
Passed on at the exact amount the processor took.
Market practice figures are industry averages, not a specific competitor.
Frequently asked questions
What runway is available at PFKO?
Kotlik Airport (PFKO) has one runway, 02/20, a gravel surface measuring 4,400 feet long and 100 feet wide. There is no paved runway at this field.
Is fuel available at Kotlik Airport?
Kotlik Airport (PFKO) does not have confirmed fuel data on file. Pilots should plan fuel needs before arrival, since availability cannot be assumed at this unattended field.
How busy is KOT airport?
Kotlik Airport (KOT / PFKO) recorded 271 total annual operations in 2025, with 255 attributed to business aviation, according to FAA TFMSC data. This places it in the lowest traffic tier tracked by Skystar.