Black Spruce Airport
AK89 · Houston, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Black Spruce Airport is a private airport, 4 miles northwest of Houston, Alaska, 350 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,000 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 AK89
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 350 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
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,000 × 60 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.8 |
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: Wasilla Airport (11 nm southeast), Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (23 nm east), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (27 nm south), Merrill Field (27 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Willow Airport (8 nm northwest), Wasilla Airport (11 nm southeast), Birchwood Airport (18 nm southeast), Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal (23 nm east).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Houston from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Houston, Alaska: 11 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Brooks Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Willow, 9 miles away
- Alpha Kilo Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · Wasilla, 13 miles away Alpha Kilo Aviation LLC is a flight school based in Wasilla, Alaska and operating seasonally in the Phoenix area (Ak-Chin Regional Airport, Maricopa, Arizona).
- Alaska Star Flying Club 2 aircraft · Wasilla, 13 miles away
- Mat-Su Helicopter Training LLC 1 aircraft · Wasilla, 13 miles away
- Northern Peaks Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Wasilla, 13 miles away
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 · 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. 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 Houston 11 aircraft · 11 piston singles
- Brooks Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Alpha Kilo Aviation LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Alaska Star Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 823 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 9,143 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AK89.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 12, 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.