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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

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
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

Aircraft registered in Dillingham from the FAA register

84 aircraft are registered to owners in Dillingham, Alaska: 75 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.

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.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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

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.