Eureka Creek Airport
2Z2 · Eureka Creek, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Eureka Creek Airport is a public-use airport in Eureka Creek, Alaska, 700 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 1,500 feet of dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2Z2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 700 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 26E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,500 × 35 ft | Dirt, failed |
- Runway 16: trees on the approach
- Runway 34: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Eureka Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Eureka Creek, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Runway not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Slopes 2% down to south.
- Runway approach - 8 feet wide cut through trees, 30' trees either side of path.
- 15 feet trees along entire surface will damage wings on landing.
- 15 fttrees along entire surface will damage wings on landing.
- Soft wet; rutted; 15 feet trees growing on runway. Vehicle erosion has deteriorated entire surface into deep ruts. Surface narrow, uneven and rough.
- 3 feet berm each side of runway within 40 feet of centerline.
- Trees and brush to 15 feet tall within 8 feet each side of runway centerline.
- Hazardous: not maintained nor recommend for emergency use.
- Runway used as narrow road and campground by vehicles; 2 feet deep fire pit runway 34.
- Runway unsuitable for all aircraft.
- During emergency landings, use elliot highway or manley hot springs airport.
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.