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.
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
- 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 |
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Aircraft registered in Purkeypile from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Purkeypile, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.