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 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
- 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 |
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Aircraft registered in Minto from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Minto, AK as the owner's town.
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
- 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.
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.