Minto AL Wright Airport
51Z · PAAF · Minto, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Minto AL Wright Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile east of Minto, Alaska, 500 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,400 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 1,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 182 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Minto AL Wright Airport?
Its FAA code is 51Z, and its ICAO code is PAAF.
Where is Minto AL Wright Airport?
It is 1 mile east of Minto, Alaska, 500 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Minto AL Wright Airport?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,400 feet long, gravel.
Does Minto AL Wright Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Minto AL Wright Airport?
2 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Minto AL Wright Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 51Z · ICAO PAAF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 500 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,400 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Nenana Municipal (37 nm south), Fairbanks International (43 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Nenana Municipal (37 nm south), Fairbanks International (43 nm southeast).
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
- Activate rotating BCN- the common traffic frequency.
- Exp ireg winds.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20; PAPI and runway end identifier lights runway 02 and 20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Winter snow removal operations - mnt the common traffic frequency.
- Waterfowl in the vicinity of runway approaches.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 1,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 500 |
| general aviation, travelling | 500 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Minto from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Minto, AK as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 2 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 aircrew program designee.
- Craig Mead Kenmonth private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, seaplanes · Fairbanks, AK (43 nm) · (907) 378-0591 · [email protected]
- David Christopher Matthews private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, seaplanes · Fairbanks, AK (43 nm) · (907) 750-1276 · [email protected]
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 5 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/51Z.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.