Dry Bay Airport
3AK · Yakutat, Alaska · Aleutian Islands County · map
Dry Bay Airport is a public-use airport owned by Glacier Bay National Park, 44 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska, 33 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,600 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3AK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Glacier Bay National Park
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, unattndd
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2013
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,600 × 170 ft | Gravel, fair |
- Runway 05: trees on the approach
- Runway 23: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Yakutat from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Yakutat, Alaska: 15 piston singles, 3 turboprops. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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
- Windsock 0.2 MI north at processing plant.
- Southwest end beyond threshold soft sand.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of runway.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
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.