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
- Codes
- FAA 8AK2
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 150 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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 |
Aircraft registered in Kenai from the FAA register
162 aircraft are registered to owners in Kenai, Alaska: 146 piston singles, 10 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, 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Winter maintenance NA.
- Loose gravel undulates graduly.
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.