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.
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
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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 |
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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, 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
- 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.
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.