Venetie Airport (PAVE), Alaska
Landing essentials
Whether you can land, whether you can refuel, and how customs works here.
Overview
Venetie Airport (PAVE) is an unattended, non-towered public airport in interior Alaska, serving low volumes of business aviation traffic. The field offers a single gravel runway and relies on pilot-activated lighting and a rotating beacon for night operations.
Runways
Venetie Airport has one unpaved runway, 04/22, 4,000 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
Venetie Airport does not clear customs. The nearest port of entry is Fairbanks International (PAFA), 137 NM away.
Source: CBP list of ports of entry.
Business aviation traffic
Venetie Airport recorded 201 business aviation movements in 2025. Traffic peaks in August. Business aviation traffic at PAVE is heavier in July, August, and October compared with the rest of the year.
Business jet movements, FAA TFMSC count. Peak month August, 29 movements in 2025.
Source: FAA TFMSC, business jet movements, 2025.
Operating constraints
Venetie Airport has published operating constraints in four categories: access, runway notes, construction and other notes.
Prior permission is required before landing.
A road transits runway 04 approximately 300 feet from the threshold.
Runway 04/22 medium intensity runway lighting is pilot-activated on CTAF.
Runway 04/22 surface is slippery when wet, and the surface is uneven and sparsely graveled.
Construction equipment and personnel are operating on and in the vicinity of the runway.
The rotating beacon is pilot-activated on CTAF.
Winter maintenance is variable.
Taxiway lights are out of service indefinitely.
The rotating beacon is out of service indefinitely.
Source: FAA Chart Supplement.
Nearby airfields
Venetie Airport has two airfields within 47 NM. The closest is Fort Yukon (PFYU), 37.26 NM southeast.
Source: Skystar calculation from official coordinates.
Skystar at PAVE
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 PAVE.
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 fuel available at PAVE?
No fuel type is listed in current data for PAVE (Venetie Airport). Operators should plan fuel loads assuming no on-field fuel service and confirm status before dispatch.
Is customs available on-site at Venetie Airport?
Venetie Airport (PAVE) has no on-site customs service. The nearest customs facility is Fairbanks (PAFA), located approximately 137 nautical miles away.
What are the runway conditions at PAVE?
PAVE has a single gravel runway, 04/22, 4,000 feet long and 75 feet wide. Remarks note the surface is slippery when wet, uneven, and sparsely graveled, so operators should assess conditions before landing.