Purkeypile Airport
01A · Purkeypile, Alaska · Kuskokwim County · map
Purkeypile Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Alaska, Dnr, Dmlw, 10 miles southwest of Purkeypile, Alaska, 2,041 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 1,176 feet of gravel.
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What is the airport code for Purkeypile Airport?
Its FAA code is 01A.
Where is Purkeypile Airport?
It is 10 miles southwest of Purkeypile, Alaska, 2,041 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Purkeypile Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 1,176 feet long, gravel.
Does Purkeypile Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Purkeypile Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Taku Harbor. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Purkeypile Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 01A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Alaska, Dnr, Dmlw
- Elevation
- 2,041 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to SEPT, every day, daylight only
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 24E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 1,176 × 50 ft | Gravel, poor |
- Runway 05: brush on the approach
- Runway 23: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Alaska · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Division of land (scro).
- Not mntnd.
- Approach has 42 feet trees each side with cut outs for wing width.
- Soft sand with river rock to 5 in diam.
- Alert: river changes course and may flood or damage strip.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 21 departures from 01A in those twelve months, carrying 28 passengers in 123 seats (23% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purkeypile → Taku Harbor 01A–A43 | 21 | 28 | Island Air Service |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Purkeypile from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Purkeypile, AK as the owner's town.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Taku Harbor (A43) 21 flights in twelve months · Island Air Service
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/01A.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.