Lake Brooks
5Z9 · Katmai National Park, Alaska · Bristol Bay County · map
Lake Brooks is a public-use airfield owned by the US Dept of Interior in Katmai National Park, Alaska, 36 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5Z9
- Kind
- Airfield · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- US Dept of Interior
- Elevation
- 36 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL/WAY | 5,000 × 4,000 ft | Water, excellent |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Katmai National Park from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Katmai National Park, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield 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
- 32 MI east of king salmon.
- Aircraft maintain 1000 feet above ground level in the vicinity of Brooks camp. Heavy bear and human concentration.
- Large white buoys 4 feet tall in waterway are a hazard to navigation and difficult to see.
- Landing and takeoffs or taxiing within 50 yards of bears is prohibited.
- Surface operations are limited to idle maneuvers within 200 yards of Brooks camp beach on naknek Lake. Step taxi operations; initiation of takeoffs and landings within this zone is prohibited. Buoys note NO-WAKE area.
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.