Niesen Airstrip Airport
06AN · Nikiski, Alaska · Kenai-Cook Inlet County · map
Niesen Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 2 miles northeast of Nikiski, Alaska, 194 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,083 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 06AN
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 194 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2023
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,083 × 90 ft | Dirt |
- Runway 36: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Nikiski from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Nikiski, Alaska: 31 piston singles, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kenai Municipal (10 nm south), Soldotna Airport (16 nm south), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (44 nm northeast), Lake Hood Airport (45 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kenai Municipal (10 nm south), Soldotna Airport (16 nm south), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (44 nm northeast), Lake Hood Airport (45 nm northeast).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Nikiski:
- Alaska West Air, Inc 11 aircraft on the certificate Alaska West Air is a tour operator based in Nikiski, Alaska, on the Kenai Peninsula.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- DIRT-GRVL
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Nikiski 32 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- Kustatan Leasing LLC 7 aircraft in town
- Sunrise Aero LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Alaska West Air, Inc 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 829 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/06AN.json.
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 9, 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.