Girdwood Airport
AQY · Girdwood, Alaska · Anchorage County · map
Girdwood Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Girdwood, Alaska, 164 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 2,095 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AQY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 164 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 907 to 783 to 10:32 pm
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 25E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,095 × 60 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 02: brush on the approach
- Runway 20: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Girdwood and rco | 122.15 | Girdwood |
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Aircraft registered in Girdwood from the FAA register
74 aircraft are registered to owners in Girdwood, Alaska: 46 piston singles, 23 helicopters, 2 gliders, 2 electric and sustainable aircraft, 1 turboprop. 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 · 13 since 1982, 1 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
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Ovr grown.
- 200 feet safety area both ends.
- Threshold reflectors; edge mkr NA.
- Threshold reflectors; edge mkr NA.
- 100 feet cable from hotel to roundhouse.
- Daylight hang glider and parasail act 2 NM northeast and on airport.
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.