Middleton Island Airport (PAMD), Alaska
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Middleton Island Airport (PAMD / MDO) is an unattended public-use airport on Middleton Island, Alaska, serving mostly business aviation traffic at low annual volumes. The field sits well offshore from the mainland, with the nearest customs facility over 100 nautical miles away at PAVD.
Runways
Middleton Island Airport has two unpaved runways. The longest, 02/20, is 3,158 ft long and 115 ft wide, with a gravel surface.
Runway geometry from published threshold coordinates. Not for navigation.
Runways are listed longest first.
Source: FAA Form 5010.
Fuel and airfield services
The airport has no control tower.
Source: FAA Form 5010 / NASR.
Customs
Middleton Island Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Valdez Pioneer Field (PAVD), 101 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Middleton Island Airport recorded 143 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in June and August. Business aviation traffic at Middleton Island Airport concentrates in the late spring and summer months, peaking in August, with the lowest activity recorded in September and November.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month August, 23 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Operating constraints
Middleton Island Airport has published operating constraints in three categories: access, runway notes and environmental.
Caution: an eagle nest is located on the approach, and an electrical transformer sits within the safety area at the approach end.
Brush up to 2 feet high is present at the approach end.
A weather camera is mounted on the runway edge; images are available online at the FAA weather camera website.
The runway slopes downward to the south, and the safety areas are soft.
This runway is closed indefinitely with no maintenance planned; grass and rocks are present on the runway surface.
Waterfowl and other wildlife are present in the vicinity of the runways.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Alternates
Middleton Island Airport has three alternates within 87 NM. The nearest alternate is Chenega Bay (PFCB), 63.46 NM northwest.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at PAMD
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 PAMD.
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
Is customs available at Middleton Island Airport (PAMD)?
Middleton Island Airport (PAMD) has no onsite customs service. The nearest customs facility is at PAVD, located approximately 101 nautical miles away, so operators arriving from outside the US must plan clearance there or elsewhere in advance.
What runways are usable at PAMD?
PAMD has two runways on record, but only one is currently usable. Runway 02/20 is a 3,158-foot gravel strip, while runway 13/31, a 1,500-foot turf-dirt strip, is closed indefinitely with grass and rocks reported on the surface.
Is fuel available at Middleton Island Airport?
Fuel type data is not listed for Middleton Island Airport (MDO), and the field is unattended with no staffed schedule. Operators should confirm fuel availability independently before planning a stop, since no onsite service can be assumed at an unattended field.