Airway Airport
5AK3 · North Pole, Alaska · Fairbanks North Star County · map
Airway Airport is a private airport owned by Airway INC, 2 miles northeast of North Pole, Alaska, 480 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,550 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5AK3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Airway INC
- Elevation
- 480 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,550 × 45 ft | Gravel |
- Runway 15: road 10 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 33: trees 50 ft high 10 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 |
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: Fairbanks International (14 nm west), Nenana Municipal (47 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fairbanks International (14 nm west), Nenana Municipal (47 nm west).
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
- Transient tie down area NA.
- Runway 33 approach end.
- Packed snow winter months. Turnaround north and south end; midfield turnaround NA.
- Not mntnd; facility NA. runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Ski eqpt operations durg fall, winter and spring.
- Ctn: operations from adjacent gravel pit, pond and timber trails runway.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in North Pole from the FAA register
157 aircraft are registered to owners in North Pole, Alaska: 147 piston singles, 6 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 turboprops, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in North Pole:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in North Pole 157 aircraft · 147 piston singles, 6 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 turboprops
- North Pole Propeller · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 825 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5AK3.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 November 6, 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.