Mccarthy Airport
15Z · PAMX · Mccarthy, Alaska · Valdez-Cordova County · map
Mccarthy Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile northeast of Mccarthy, Alaska, 1,533 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,501 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 15Z · ICAO PAMX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,533 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,501 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair |
- Runway 01: brush on the approach
- Runway 19: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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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 · 10 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Approach ovr old Mccarthy airport.
- MT 2 MI from runway.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of runway.
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.