Birchwater Airport
AK85 · Wasilla, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Birchwater Airport is a private airport, 8 miles southwest of Wasilla, Alaska, 110 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 800 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AK85
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 110 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2007
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 800 × 100 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Wasilla from the FAA register
1,276 aircraft are registered to owners in Wasilla, Alaska: 1,178 piston singles, 41 helicopters, 28 piston twins, 12 turboprops, 5 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 · 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 200 feet radio tower.5 NM ssw.
- Airport and residence
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Wasilla 1,276 aircraft · 1178 piston singles, 41 helicopters, 28 piston twins
- Pollux Aviation LTD 12 aircraft in town
- Jc Aircraft Leasing LLC 10 aircraft in town
- Aerospring Leasing LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Jmp Aircraft Services LLC Trustee 5 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 829 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 9,145 aircraft registered
These connections as data: /graph/airport/AK85.json · about the eFlight graph.
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 7, 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.