Roland Norton Memorial Airstrip
8AK3 · Selawik, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Roland Norton Memorial Airstrip is a private airport owned by the City of Selawik, 12 miles south of Selawik, Alaska, 360 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,000 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8AK3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- City of Selawik
- Elevation
- 360 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1985
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,000 × 70 ft | Gravel |
Aircraft registered in Selawik from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Selawik, AK as the owner's town.
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
- Slopes downhill 3 degrees toward west.
- Red and white drums.
- Red and white drums.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
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.