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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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
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: MC Grath Airport (28 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: MC Grath Airport (28 nm southwest), MC Grath Seaplane Base (28 nm southwest).
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 marked with flourescent cones marking end and approach.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mc Grath 18 aircraft · 18 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,144 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AK40.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 November 3, 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.