Nikolai Creek Airport
9AK3 · Tyonek, Alaska · Kenai-Cook Inlet County · map
Nikolai Creek Airport is a private airport owned by Alaska Mental Health Trust, 10 miles southwest of Tyonek, Alaska, 30 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 4,100 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9AK3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Alaska Mental Health Trust
- Elevation
- 30 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
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 4,100 × 75 ft | Gravel |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 |
Aircraft registered in Tyonek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Tyonek, AK as the owner's town.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kenai Municipal (27 nm south), Soldotna Airport (35 nm south), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (43 nm east), Lake Hood Airport (44 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Kenai Municipal (27 nm south), Soldotna Airport (35 nm south), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (43 nm east), Lake Hood Airport (44 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 829 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 9,146 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/9AK3.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.