East Alsek River Airport
AK76 · Yakutat, Alaska · Skagway-Yakutat County · map
East Alsek River Airport is a public-use airport, 49 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska, 39 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 1,500 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK76
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 39 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Juneau sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 1,500 × 10 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 02: trees on the approach
- Runway 20: trees on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Yakutat from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Yakutat, Alaska: 15 piston singles, 3 turboprops. 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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Bear and atvs in the vicinity of runway.
- Fair condition; tree mounted and partially obscured.
- Tree path cut 80 feet.
- Soft in spring or durg hvy rain.
- Cabin forest service mntnd.
- Runway safety area surface rises and falls +12 in; mntn centerline control.
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.