Jakes Bar Airport
AK0 · Mccarthy, Alaska · Cordova-Mccarthy County · map
Jakes Bar Airport is a public-use airport, 13 miles southeast of Mccarthy, Alaska, 1,074 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 1,000 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,074 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1952
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,000 × 25 ft | Gravel, poor |
- Runway 10: tree on the approach
- Runway 28: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Mccarthy from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Mccarthy, Alaska: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Subj to turbulence in any wind.
- Runway is an unimproved river gravel Bar
- Runway surface very rough. Rocks up to 15 in dia.
- Runway suitable only for conventional gear aircraft.
- Runway condition not monitored, recommended visual inspection prior to 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.