Kantishna Airport
5Z5 · PAAH · Kantishna, Alaska · Denali County · map
Kantishna Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northwest of Kantishna, Alaska, 1,578 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 1,887 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5Z5 · ICAO PAAH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,578 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 25E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1958
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,887 × 45 ft | Gravel and dirt, good |
- Runway 10: trees on the approach
- Runway 28: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Kantishna from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Kantishna, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Road east of runway.
- Canyon runway; exp wind sheer.
- Lmtd transient parking.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Pvt rotorwing NA except emergency.
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.