Gold King Creek Airport
AK7 · PAAN · Fairbanks, Alaska · Denali County · map
Gold King Creek Airport is a public-use airport, 39 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1,720 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,558 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK7 · ICAO PAAN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,720 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 25E
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2001
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,558 × 17 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair |
- Runway 09: trees on the approach
- Runway 27: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Fairbanks from the FAA register
844 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairbanks, Alaska: 628 piston singles, 63 piston twins, 51 drones, 46 turboprops, 27 airliners and large jets. 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 · 3 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
- Gold King Creek
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual insp prior to landing.
- Rocks up to 6 inches on runway surface.
- No services available.
- 20 feet trees on both sides of runway within 60-70 feet of centerline.
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.