Alsek River Airport
A57 · Yakutat, Alaska · Yakutat County · map
Alsek River Airport is a public-use airport owned by Usfs Tongass National Forest, 44 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska, 53 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 1,860 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Alsek River Airport?
Its FAA code is A57.
Where is Alsek River Airport?
It is 44 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska, 53 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Alsek River Airport?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 1,860 feet long, grass.
Does Alsek River Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA A57
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Usfs Tongass National Forest
- Elevation
- 53 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,860 × 12 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 07: tree 16 ft high 15 ft from the end
- Runway 25: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Yakutat Airport (41 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Yakutat Airport (41 nm northwest).
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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Uneven both sides; +12 in dips. Mntn centerline center durg landing and tkoff.
- Threshold gully; recommended touch down in front of usfs cabin.
- Threshold marked with yellow pipes.
- Threshold marked with yellow pipes.
- Soft and wet in spring and aft hvy rain.
- Erratic winds off MT range east of runway.
- Wildlife in the vicinity of runway.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Yakutat from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Yakutat, Alaska: 15 piston singles, 3 turboprops. 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 Yakutat:
- Ursus Air LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Yakutat 18 aircraft · 15 piston singles, 3 turboprops
- Italio River Adventures LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Ursus Air LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/A57.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 October 29, 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.