Nixon Fork Mine Airport
AK40 · Mc Grath, Alaska · Kuskokwim County · map
Nixon Fork Mine Airport is a private airport, 28 miles northeast of Mc Grath, Alaska, 1,510 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 4,200 feet of gravel.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK40
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,510 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- Mc Grath sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2000
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 4,200 × 100 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Mc Grath from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Mc Grath, Alaska: 18 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 · 2 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
- Runway 16/34 marked with flourescent cones marking end and approach.
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.