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Eagle Nest Airport

AK88 · Palmer, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map

Eagle Nest Airport is a private airport, 2 miles east of Palmer, Alaska, 416 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 1,300 feet of grass.

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 AK88
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
416 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
Anchorage sectional
In the FAA's files since
July 2004

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1533N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
15/331,300 × 125 ftGrass

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)123.6

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (2 nm southwest), Wasilla Airport (14 nm west), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (33 nm southwest), Merrill Field (33 nm southwest).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (2 nm southwest), Wasilla Airport (14 nm west), Birchwood Airport (18 nm southwest), Willow Airport (30 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

  • Runway 15/33 slopes up towards north end.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Palmer from the FAA register

546 aircraft are registered to owners in Palmer, Alaska: 513 piston singles, 14 piston twins, 8 turboprops, 6 helicopters, 2 gliders. 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:

Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC 110Northern Aviation LLC 15Wrangell Mountain Air INC 7Fly Around Alaska LLC 7Blue River Aviation LLC 6Togo Aviation Services LLC 4Glenn Air INC 4State of Alaska 3Ram Aviation LLC 3State of Alaska Dept of Fish and Game 2

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

Fuel and service companies in Palmer, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Blue River Aviation LLC 7 aircraft · Palmer, 2 miles away Blue River Aviation is a flight school in Palmer, Alaska that offers pilot training from discovery flights through commercial and certified flight instructor certificates.
  • Fly Around Alaska LLC 7 aircraft · Palmer, 2 miles away Fly Around Alaska Flight School is a flight training organization based in Palmer, Alaska that offers private pilot and commercial pilot training programs.
  • Artic'S Air Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Palmer, 2 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in Palmer:

Repair stations in Palmer:

  • Crest Aviation LLC
  • Custom Aircraft INC Custom Aircraft Inc is a repair station located at Palmer Municipal Airport in Alaska that provides engine and airframe maintenance, overhaul, and inspection services for general aviation aircraft.

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

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AK88.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.