Chitina Airport
CXC · PAAX · Chitina, Alaska · Valdez-Cordova County · map
Chitina Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles north of Chitina, Alaska, 556 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,850 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CXC · ICAO PAAX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 556 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 27E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,850 × 75 ft | Gravel and dirt, good |
- Runway 13: brush on the approach
- Runway 31: right-hand traffic pattern, brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Chitina from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Chitina, Alaska: 3 piston singles, 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.
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Downhill slope to the northeast.
- 3 feet brush to 20 feet both sides of centerline.
- Shoulders slope off both sides.
- Runway condition umnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- 20 feet gravel ridge west side of runway.
- Line of sight between runway ends NA.
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.