King Ranch Airport
AK59 · Sutton, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
King Ranch Airport is a private airport owned by Kingdom Air Corps, 5 miles northeast of Sutton, Alaska, 1,310 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 1,800 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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 AK59
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Kingdom Air Corps
- Elevation
- 1,310 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 650 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 23E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2002
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 1,800 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 06: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Automated weather; 4 clicks - the common traffic frequency |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (24 nm southwest), Wasilla Airport (36 nm west).
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
- Automated weather; 4 clicks - the common traffic frequency
- Trrn south of river.
- Pvt use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Sutton from the FAA register
59 aircraft are registered to owners in Sutton, Alaska: 52 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 1 piston twin. 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, 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 Sutton:
- Sheep Mountain Air LLC 2 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 · 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 Sutton 59 aircraft · 52 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 1 piston twins
- Kingdom Air Corps 19 aircraft in town
- Kingdom Air CORP 4 aircraft in town
- Kingdom Air Corps INC 3 aircraft in town
- Sheep Mountain Air LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 825 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AK59.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 6, 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.