Birch Creek Landing Airport
51AK · Talkeetna, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Birch Creek Landing Airport is a private airport, 6 miles sse of Talkeetna, Alaska, 400 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,500 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 51AK
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 400 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- April 2008
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,500 × 75 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.6 | · All operations must use the common traffic frequency. |
Aircraft registered in Talkeetna from the FAA register
94 aircraft are registered to owners in Talkeetna, Alaska: 82 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 4 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- All operations must use the common traffic frequency.
- All aircraft monitor and annc intns on frequency 123.6.
- Southwest of runway
- Prior permission required before Landing.
- Spb operations on fish lake 1/2 MI north 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.