Identifier
CDB
Cold Bay Airport Map Print (CDB)
CDB
PACD
Cold Bay, Alaska
$55
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Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Cold Bay's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Cold Bay Airport (CDB), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
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Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Cold Bay's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Cold Bay
CDB · Cold Bay, Alaska
55.2059° N · 162.7262° W
Field elevation 100 ft
Field elevation 100 ft
ICAO code
PACD
Field elevation
100ft
Runways
2
Magnetic variation
12°E
Runways
15/3310,179 × 150 ft
08/264,900 × 150 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Cold Bay Airport Runway Diagram Print
Cold Bay Airport reads on the wall as two runways meeting at a narrow angle, and the long one runs the whole height of the frame. Runway 15/33 is 10,179 feet by 150 feet of asphalt, dropping from the 15 threshold at the upper left down to the 33 end near the bottom. Runway 08/26, 4,900 feet by 150 feet, cuts across it almost horizontally, low in the composition and close to that 33 threshold. The crossing sits well to one side of the shorter runway's midpoint, nearer the 26 end, which is what keeps the shape from looking like a tidy symmetrical cross.
The field is state owned and open to the public, in Cold Bay in the Aleutians East Borough, and it is one of the main airports serving the Alaska Peninsula. It was first built as a United States Army Air Forces airfield during World War II, originally as Fort Randall Army Airfield, and it later became an Air Force base during the Cold War under the name Thornbrough Air Force Base. That origin shows in the diagram: the geometry is wide and deliberate, sized for heavy aircraft rather than for a small community strip, and the apron and building shapes cluster along one flank instead of wrapping the whole field.
Reeve Aleutian Airways flew Cold Bay for many years, including Lockheed L-188 Electra service nonstop to Anchorage in 1979 and Boeing 727 combi flights by 1989, before the airline ceased operations in 2000. None of that history is labeled on the print. What you get is the field itself: runway numbers set into the ends, elevation at 100 feet, coordinates under the CDB block, and a lot of open ground for the two strips to move through. The long diagonal does the work in a hallway or over a desk, and the colorway you choose decides whether it sits quiet or reads sharp from across the room.
Cold Bay (CDB) print, common questions
How many runways does Cold Bay Airport have, and how long are they?
Two, and both are asphalt. Runway 15/33 is 10,179 feet by 150 feet, and runway 08/26 is 4,900 feet by 150 feet. Both appear on the print, drawn crossing each other low in the frame.
Where is Cold Bay Airport, and what does CDB mean?
CDB is the identifier for Cold Bay Airport, in Cold Bay, Alaska, in the Aleutians East Borough on the Alaska Peninsula. The field elevation is 100 feet, and the coordinates printed on the artwork are 55.2059 degrees north, 162.7262 degrees west.
How closely does the artwork follow the published layout?
Runway designators, lengths, widths and relative angles are plotted from published airport data for cycle 2610, so 15/33 and 08/26 sit at the published orientation and proportion. This is a design piece, not a navigation document, and fine details may be simplified or omitted. Things like pavement markings, lighting symbols and taxiway identifiers fall into that category.
What formats does this Cold Bay airport map print come in?
Four: Fine Art Print, Framed Fine Art Print, Glossy Metal Print and Digital Download. The physical pieces are made to order in a range of sizes, and the digital option is a file you download. Sizing and material notes live in the selected finish details, since the same Cold Bay layout is used across all of them.
Why does one runway look so much longer than the other?
Because it is, and the drawing keeps the ratio. At 10,179 feet, 15/33 is more than twice the length of 08/26 at 4,900 feet, so the diagonal dominates the composition while the shorter runway crosses it as a low bar. That imbalance is the visual signature of this field.
Is this a good gift for someone connected to Cold Bay?
Yes, particularly for pilots, cargo crews, weather service staff and anyone who has worked or waited out weather on the Alaska Peninsula. It is a recognizable field rather than a generic aviation image, so it lands with people who know the 15/33 approach specifically.
