New Stuyahok Airport (PANW), Alaska
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
New Stuyahok Airport (PANW) is an unattended public-use field in southwest Alaska, serving mostly general aviation traffic. FAA TFMSC data for 2025 shows business aviation as the dominant share of the airport's limited annual operations.
Runways
New Stuyahok Airport has one unpaved runway, 14/32, 3,281 ft long and 75 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
New Stuyahok Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is 9Z3, 185 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
New Stuyahok Airport recorded 320 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in August and October. Traffic at PANW is concentrated in the August and October months, with fewer operations recorded in the mid-year period from May through July.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month August, 37 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Operating constraints
New Stuyahok Airport has published operating constraints in two categories: runway notes and other notes.
REIL for runways 14 and 32, PAPI for runways 14 and 32, and MIRL for runway 14/32 are pilot-activated on CTAF.
The runway slopes downward toward the southeast and can become soft when wet, with numerous dips reported near midfield.
Bank erosion has been reported at the ramp, taxiway, and runway overruns.
The rotating beacon is pilot-activated on CTAF.
A weather camera is available online at https://weathercams.faa.gov.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
New Stuyahok Airport has three airfields within 46 NM. The closest is Koliganek (PAJZ), 16.88 NM north.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at PANW
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 PANW.
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 does PANW have?
New Stuyahok Airport (PANW) has a single gravel runway, 14/32, measuring 3,281 by 75 feet. The runway slopes down toward the southeast and can turn soft after rain, with numerous dips reported near midfield.
Is fuel available at KNW?
Fuel data is not published for New Stuyahok Airport (KNW). Crews should plan fuel loads assuming no onsite supply and confirm current availability directly before relying on this field.
Where is the nearest customs clearance point to PANW?
The nearest customs facility to New Stuyahok Airport (PANW) is located about 185 nautical miles away, identified as 9Z3. There is no onsite customs processing at PANW itself.