Big Creek Airport
AK51 · King Salmon, Alaska · Bristol Bay County · map
Big Creek Airport is a private airport owned by Big Creek Holdings, LLC, 4 miles ene of King Salmon, Alaska, 102 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 1,513 feet of grass and gravel. It has 3 water landing areas.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK51
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Big Creek Holdings, LLC
- Elevation
- 102 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- June to October, every day, irregular
- On the chart
- Kodiak sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2020
Runways 5
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01W/19W | 4,000 × 200 ft | Water | |
| 12W/30W | 4,000 × 200 ft | Water | |
| 08W/26W | 3,000 × 100 ft | Water | |
| 05/23 | 1,513 × 50 ft | Grass and gravel | |
| 14/32 | 1,465 × 50 ft | Grass and gravel |
- Runway 01W: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 19W: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in King Salmon from the FAA register
62 aircraft are registered to owners in King Salmon, Alaska: 56 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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:
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
- Alqiliq trust
- Nmrs shoals, wind channel, steep blind approach; haz.
- Shoal southwest side durg low tide.
- Waterways available to pub; dock closed to pub.
- Ctn: waterfowl and watercraft in the vicinity of airport.
- Contact akn the control tower or use akn the common traffic frequency prior to operations.
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.