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Fort Crosby Airport

8AK5 · Trapper Creek, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map

Fort Crosby Airport is a private airport, 12 miles north of Trapper Creek, Alaska, 650 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,800 feet of gravel.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA 8AK5
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 650 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
On the chart: Anchorage sectional
In the FAA's files since: December 2016

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
18/36	1,800 × 50 ft	Gravel

Aircraft registered in Trapper Creek from the FAA register

13 aircraft are registered to owners in Trapper Creek, Alaska: 12 piston singles, 1 turboprop. 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:

God'S Country Aviation LLC 2

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

Christiansen Lake AK8 · 13 nm southeast Talkeetna Airport TKA · 13 nm southeast Songlo Vista Airport 3AK3 · 3 nm north · private Era Chulitna River Heliport 61AK · 3 nm north · private MC Kinley Country Airport 81AK · 3 nm north · private Shump Airport AA00 · 9 nm east · private Rangeview Airstrip Airport 0AA5 · 12 nm south · private Talkeetna Village Strip AK44 · 12 nm south · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Runways are gravel with natural grasses cut short.
No lights or markings on the runway. A wind sock may be present.
50 feet trees at the north end and 600 feet of level swamp followed by 50 feet trees at the south end.
Preferred landing to the north and take off to the south due to private property/subdivision to the north.
Emergency landings by unauthorised aircraft allowed.
No public access (other than emergency landing) to airstrip without owners prior approval

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.