Dahl Creek Airport
DCK · PODC · Dahl Creek, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Dahl Creek Airport is a public-use airport, 10 miles southeast of Dahl Creek, Alaska, 260 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,780 feet of gravel. The FAA counts about 225 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Dahl Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is DCK, and its ICAO code is PODC.
Where is Dahl Creek Airport?
It is 10 miles southeast of Dahl Creek, Alaska, 260 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Dahl Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,780 feet long, gravel.
Does Dahl Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Dahl Creek Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Fairbanks International, Ted Stevens Anchorage International, Bettles, Coldfoot, Kobuk. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Dahl Creek Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DCK · ICAO PODC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 260 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 23E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,780 × 75 ft | Gravel, good |
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern, brush on the approach
- Runway 26: brush on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.7 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
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
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Northwest Arctic borough
- Grass growing on runway; dip forming approximately 250 feet from runway 26 thld and 2 in wide erosion channels developing from center line to south edge; runway no longer maintained.
- Caribou may be on runway.
- High terrain north.
- Airport not maintained; no snow removal; runway condition not monitored. Recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Runway 08/26 also used as a road.
- Wind sock damaged and not reliable, segmented circle and wind sock are overgrown with brush and trees
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 60 departures from DCK in those twelve months, carrying 45 passengers in 273 seats (16% filled), to 10 destinations on 5 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dahl Creek → Fairbanks International DCK–FAI | 46 | 37 | Tatonduk Outfitters..., Wright Air Service, Warbelow |
| Dahl Creek → Ted Stevens Anchorage International DCK–ANC | 3 | 0 | Lynden Air Cargo Airlines |
| Dahl Creek → Bettles DCK–BTT | 2 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Dahl Creek → Coldfoot DCK–CXF | 2 | 2 | Wright Air Service |
| Dahl Creek → Kobuk DCK–OBU | 2 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Dahl Creek → Dahl Creek DCK–DCK | 1 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Dahl Creek → Edward G Pitka SR DCK–GAL | 1 | 0 | Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Dahl Creek → Ralph Wien Memorial DCK–OTZ | 1 | 0 | Bering Air Inc. |
All 10 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 225, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 5 |
| air taxi and commuter | 220 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Dahl Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Dahl Creek, AK as the owner's town.
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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 3 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,146 aircraft registered
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 46 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo, Wright Air Service
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 3 flights in twelve months · Lynden Air Cargo Airlines
- Bettles (BTT) 2 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Coldfoot (CXF) 2 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Kobuk (OBU) 2 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Dahl Creek (DCK) 1 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Edward G Pitka SR (GAL) 1 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Ralph Wien Memorial (OTZ) 1 flights in twelve months · Bering Air Inc.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/DCK.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 October 30, 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.