Cartys Airstrip Airport
8AK2 · Kenai, Alaska · Kenai Peninsula County · map
Cartys Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 8 miles north of Kenai, Alaska, 150 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,600 feet of grass and 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 8AK2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 150 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
- 24E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1980
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,600 × 60 ft | Grass and gravel, fair |
- Runway 17: tree on the approach
- Runway 35: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kenai Municipal (8 nm south), Soldotna Airport (16 nm southeast), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (47 nm northeast), Lake Hood Airport (48 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kenai Municipal (8 nm south), Soldotna Airport (16 nm southeast), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (47 nm northeast), Lake Hood Airport (48 nm northeast).
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
- Winter maintenance NA.
- Loose gravel undulates graduly.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Kenai from the FAA register
162 aircraft are registered to owners in Kenai, Alaska: 145 piston singles, 11 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 2 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:
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
Charter operators and airlines based in Kenai:
- Litzen Guide Service, Inc 4 aircraft on the certificate
- Hiline Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
- Husky Air Services LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Kenai:
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Kenai 162 aircraft · 145 piston singles, 11 turboprops, 3 helicopters
- Peninsula Aero Technology INC 5 aircraft in town
- Jb Leasing Company LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Jb Leasing CO LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Summit Leasing LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Litzen Guide Service, Inc 4 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Hiline Aviation LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Husky Air Services LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Peninsula Aero Technology INC · repair station
- 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/8AK2.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 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.