Cold Bay Airport Guide

Cold Bay Airport serves the small community of Cold Bay on the Alaska Peninsula, in the Aleutians East Borough. Cold Bay had 50 residents at the 2020 census. The airfield began as Fort Randall Army Airfield in World War II, later served as Thornbrough Air Force Base, and stayed open afterward as a refueling and emergency landing site for great-circle flights between the U.S. West Coast and East Asia. Its FAA identifier is CDB and its ICAO code is PACD.

The airport has two asphalt runways. Runway 15/33 is 10,179 feet long and 150 feet wide, with an ILS on runway 15 and high-intensity edge lights. Runway 8/26 is 4,900 feet long and 150 feet wide. There is no control tower, and pilots use the common traffic frequency 123.6. A flight service station operates on the field. Air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger seats need written prior permission. Customs is not available.

Cold Bay is a transfer point for the small communities of the eastern Aleutians. Commuter flights link it with Anchorage and with villages such as King Cove, Sand Point and False Pass. FAA data counted 3,023 enplanements in 2023. Frosty Fuels supplies 100LL, Jet-A and Mogas on weekdays, with after-hours service by arrangement.