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Chinitna West Glacier Airport

5AN5 · Homer, Alaska · Kenai Peninsula County · map

Chinitna West Glacier Airport is a private airport owned by Seldovia Native Association, INC., 54 miles west of Homer, Alaska, 13 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,800 feet of gravel.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 5AN5
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner
Seldovia Native Association, INC.
Elevation
13 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
On the chart
Seward sectional
In the FAA's files since
December 2025

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1836N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/361,800 × 50 ftGravel, fair

Aircraft registered in Homer from the FAA register

199 aircraft are registered to owners in Homer, Alaska: 150 piston singles, 27 helicopters, 17 turboprops, 3 piston twins, 1 drone. 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:

Maritime Helicopters INC 16Destination Alaska Air Service LLC 8Ak Air Leasing LLC 5Smokey Bay Air INC 4Emerald Air Service INC 4Blade Leasing LLC 3Alaska Ultimate Safaris LLC 3Venture Alaska LLC 2K Bay Air LLC 2Alaska Bear Safaris LLC 2

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

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.