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Nushagak Airport

AK21 · Dillingham, Alaska · Bristol Bay County · map

Nushagak Airport is a private airport owned by Nushagak Shores Homeowners Assoc., 22 miles north of Dillingham, Alaska, 40 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 1,000 feet of grass.

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

The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA AK21
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner
Nushagak Shores Homeowners Assoc.
Elevation
40 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Kodiak sectional
Magnetic variation
19E
In the FAA's files since
February 2000

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/341,000 × 50 ftGrass

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Dillingham Airport (23 nm west), King Salmon Airport (44 nm southeast).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Dillingham Airport (23 nm west), Aleknagik Seaplane Base (27 nm west), Naknek Airport (33 nm southeast), King Salmon Airport (44 nm southeast).

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

  • Runway 16/34 soft during BREAK-UP and when wet.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Dillingham from the FAA register

85 aircraft are registered to owners in Dillingham, Alaska: 76 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 1 glider. 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:

Freshwater Adventures INC 3Bristol Bay Air Service INC 3Bay Air INC 3Ott Grosvenor LLC 2

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 Dillingham:

  • Fresh Water Adventures INC 3 aircraft on the certificate
  • Wood Tikchik Air, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Wood Tikchik Air is an air charter and outfitting company based in Aleknagik, Alaska, 20 miles north of Dillingham.
  • Bay Air Alaska LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Bay Air Alaska operates charter flights from Dillingham, Alaska, using a float-equipped DeHavilland Beaver.
  • Tikchik Airventures LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate Tikchik Airventures provides air charter services in Southwest Alaska, transporting clients to remote wilderness areas for kayaking, rafting, canoeing, hiking, fishing, and guided hunts.
  • Bristol Bay Air Service INC 2 aircraft on the certificate Bay Air Inc operates air charter and sightseeing services from Dillingham, Alaska, transporting passengers to remote fishing and hunting locations in southwestern Alaska, including access to Wood-Tikchik State Park.
  • Alaska Bush Charters LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
  • Sunday Air Taxi LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Sunday Air Taxi is a locally owned and operated air taxi service based in Dillingham, Alaska, offering scenic flights and bear viewing tours of the Alaska wilderness with experienced pilots and local guides.
  • Tucker Aviation INC 1 aircraft on the certificate
  • Van Air LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
  • Bay Air, INC 1 aircraft on the certificate Bay Air Inc operates air charter and sightseeing services from Dillingham, Alaska, using a float-equipped DeHavilland Beaver to transport clients to remote fishing and hunting locations in southwestern Alaska, including access to Wood-Tikch
  • Mulchatna Air Taxi LLC 1 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2021-06-28ANC21LA050 · Cessna A185F N8216J · accident · no injuries

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AK21.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.