Kalakaket Creek AS Airport
1KC · Kalakaket Creek, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Kalakaket Creek AS Airport is a private airport owned by the U.S. Air Force in Kalakaket Creek, Alaska, 1,598 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 4,000 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1KC
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- U.S. Air Force
- Elevation
- 1,598 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 20E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 4,000 × 140 ft | Gravel |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Edward G Pitka SR Airport (19 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Edward G Pitka SR Airport (19 nm north).
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
- (official business only) closed to the public.
- Realty officer.
- Caution: runway rstrd to helicopter operations only. 1980 feet mountain 3000 feet northwest of runway. Winds in excess of 10 kts from 300DEG-360DEG may produce severe turbulance. Runway not maintained, condition unkn. Recommended visual insp prior to landing.
- Failure to obtain and have onboard approved calp will result in fines levied against violators and reports forwarded to the FAA fsdo and U.S. ATTORNEY'S office iaw 32 cfr 855 and usaf operating instructions.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kalakaket Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kalakaket Creek, 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 1 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/1KC.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.