Toksook Bay Airport (PAOO), Alaska
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Toksook Bay Airport (PAOO) is an unattended public airstrip serving western Alaska, with a single gravel-dirt runway. It sits well outside the customs network, with the nearest customs airport of entry over 200 nm away.
Runways
Toksook Bay Airport has one unpaved runway, 16/34, 3,200 ft long and 75 ft wide, with a gravel and dirt 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
Toksook Bay Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Nome (PAOM), 239 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Toksook Bay Airport recorded 358 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in November. Traffic at PAOO builds through the second half of the year, with November, July, and August recording the highest business aviation operations in 2025.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month November, 57 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Operating constraints
Toksook Bay Airport has published operating constraints in three categories: runway notes, environmental and other notes.
Runway condition is unmonitored; a visual inspection is recommended prior to use.
REIL for runways 16 and 34, PAPI for runways 16 and 34, and MIRL for runway 16/34 operate on activation via CTAF.
Birds are present on and in the vicinity of the airport, and vehicle and ATV traffic occurs on the runway and ramp.
The rotating beacon operates on activation via CTAF.
The visual glide slope indicator is unusable beyond 9 degrees left of centerline.
Random turbulent winds should be expected.
A weather camera is available online at the FAA weather camera website.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Skystar at PAOO
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 PAOO.
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 PAOO have?
Toksook Bay Airport (PAOO) has one runway, 16/34, measuring 3200 feet by 75 feet with a gravel-dirt surface. Pilots should expect an unpaved landing surface, and no paved runway length is listed for this field.
Is fuel available at Toksook Bay Airport?
No fuel data is listed for Toksook Bay Airport (PAOO) in current records, and the field is unattended (UNATNDD) with no staffed schedule. Operators should plan fuel arrangements before arrival rather than assume availability on site.
Where is the nearest customs facility to PAOO?
The nearest customs airport of entry to Toksook Bay Airport (PAOO) is PAOM, located about 238.64 nm away. PAOO itself has no onsite customs processing, so international arrivals must clear elsewhere before or after landing here.