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Fire Island Airport

6AK5 · Anchorage, Alaska · Anchorage County · map

Fire Island Airport is a private airport owned by the US Govt Dot FAA, 7 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, 55 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,000 feet of gravel.

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

The airport

Codes
FAA 6AK5
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
Owner
US Govt Dot FAA
Elevation
55 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Anchorage sectional
Magnetic variation
25E

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
18/362,000 × 60 ftGravel

Aircraft registered in Anchorage from the FAA register

2,532 aircraft are registered to owners in Anchorage, Alaska: 2,053 piston singles, 213 turboprops, 120 helicopters, 82 piston twins, 28 business jets. 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:

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Also here
cargo handling

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ted Stevens Anchorage International (5 nm east), Lake Hood Airport (6 nm east), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (10 nm east), Merrill Field (10 nm east).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Ted Stevens Anchorage International (5 nm east), Lake Hood Airport (6 nm east), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (10 nm east), Merrill Field (10 nm east).

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.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Anchorage, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Anchorage, by their names on the register:

Charter operators and airlines based in Anchorage (12 of 63):

  • Grant Aviation INC 55 aircraft on the certificate
  • Ryan Air, INC. 24 aircraft on the certificate Ryan Air is an Alaska Bush carrier that provides scheduled and charter freight and passenger service to over 80 villages across Western Alaska from eight hub stations.
  • Rusts Flying Service INC 23 aircraft on the certificate Rust's Flying Service is a seaplane and air charter operator based in Anchorage, Alaska, offering flightseeing tours, backcountry charters, and air taxi services to remote areas of Alaska.
  • Pathfinder Aviation LLC 22 aircraft on the certificate Pathfinder Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Anchorage, Alaska, providing remote aviation operations and logistics services worldwide.
  • Alpha Aviation LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate Alpha Aviation LLC is a locally owned helicopter operator based in Anchorage, Alaska, providing utility and industrial helicopter services throughout Alaska.
  • Elevate Aviation LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate Elevate Jet is a private jet charter operator based in Anchorage, Alaska, offering on-demand charter flights, aircraft management, and maintenance services.
  • ACE Air ACE Air Cargo (Alaska Central Express INC) 20 aircraft on the certificate ACE Air Cargo is Alaska's largest scheduled all-cargo carrier, transporting cargo such as seafood, repair parts, documents, and household goods.
  • TransNorthern LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate TransNorthern Aviation operates cargo and passenger flights from Anchorage, Alaska.
  • Katmai Air, LLC 10 aircraft on the certificate Katmai Air operates scheduled and charter flight services across Alaska from bases in Anchorage and King Salmon.
  • Fly 4 You INC 8 aircraft on the certificate
  • J and M Alaska Air Tours INC 7 aircraft on the certificate
  • Scott Air Express Desert Splash Adventures Alaska Seaplanes Seaport Airlines Island Air Express (Scott Air, LLC) 7 aircraft on the certificate

Repair stations in Anchorage (12 of 25, all of them):

Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

In town
Who works here
Record
Around it

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/6AK5.json.

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 9, 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.