Fireweed Airport
0AK8 · Mccarthy, Alaska · Cordova-Mccarthy County · map
Fireweed Airport is a private airport owned by Dairy Airpark Home Owners Assoc., 3 miles ssw of Mccarthy, Alaska, 1,320 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,000 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0AK8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Dairy Airpark Home Owners Assoc.
- Elevation
- 1,320 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattnd
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2015
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Gravel |
Radio frequencies
| Apt Remark 1 With UNICOM Freq | 122.9 | · UNICOM 122.9. |
Aircraft registered in Mccarthy from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Mccarthy, Alaska: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
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
- UNICOM 122.9.
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.
