Wake Island Airfield traffic pattern

Pattern altitude at Wake Island Airfield (AWK · PWAK) is 1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) by the standard convention — none is published for this field, and every runway end is standard left traffic. · Open on the map

All of Wake Island Airfield — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

Pattern diagram

Drawn to scale from the FAA NASR runway alignments and the per end right traffic flags — pick a runway to see its pattern. Live wind picks the favored runway when PWAK reports it.

RWY 10LEFT traffic

Heading: 096° mag · 102° true
Dimensions: 9,844 × 150 ft
TPA: 1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) · standard
Surface: Asphalt
Lights: 4-light PAPI (left) (3°)

Enter the left downwind (heading 276°) on the 45° at 1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL).

More details — RWY 10

Threshold elev: 23 ft
Markings: precision
Threshold crossing height: 76 ft
TDZ elevation: 23 ft
End lights: REIL

Edge lights: High.

Pattern side: FAA NASR · TPA standard 1,000 ft AGL (not charted) · layout: FAA runway-end coordinates

Pattern direction by runway

Runway	Pattern	Heading	Pattern altitude
10	Left traffic	096° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
28	Left traffic	276° mag	1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)

No pattern altitude is published for PWAK; the figure above is the AC 90-66B 1,000 ft AGL convention for propeller aircraft, rounded to the field. Turbine aircraft normally fly 1,500 ft AGL. Headings are the runway alignment; downwind is the reciprocal.

Flying the pattern at PWAK

Wake Island Airfield is non towered. AC 90-66B asks for a report on entry and on each leg, and for the standard 45° entry to downwind at pattern altitude.

All ends are left traffic, which is the FAR 91.126 default — turns to the left unless the field charts otherwise. The full entry procedure is here →

Frequently asked

What is the traffic pattern altitude at PWAK?

Wake Island Airfield has no traffic pattern altitude published in the FAA NASR data. The AC 90-66B convention for propeller aircraft is 1,000 ft AGL, which works out to roughly 1,000 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) here — but confirm it against the Chart Supplement before you fly, since a field can have a non standard pattern altitude that NASR does not carry.

Does PWAK have right traffic?

No. All 2 runway ends at Wake Island Airfield use standard left traffic, so no right pattern is charted here.

More about PWAK

Pattern direction and alignment are drawn from the FAA NASR (28-day cycle); the diagram is generated, not an FAA chart. Pattern altitude is shown as published where NASR carries one, otherwise as the AC 90-66B 1,000 ft AGL convention. For planning and education only; always verify against the Chart Supplement.

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