Glacier Creek Airport
KGZ · Glacier Creek, Alaska · Cordova-Mccarthy County · map
Glacier Creek Airport is a public-use airport in Glacier Creek, Alaska, 2,380 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 1,400 feet of gravel.
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What is the airport code for Glacier Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is KGZ.
Where is Glacier Creek Airport?
It is in Glacier Creek, Alaska, 2,380 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Glacier Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 1,400 feet long, gravel.
Does Glacier Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
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 Glacier Creek Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA KGZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,380 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
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1952
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 1,400 × 15 ft | Gravel, poor |
- Runway 11: trees on the approach
- Runway 29: tree on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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.
- Runway 11/29 in steep mountain canyon and subject to turbulent winds.
- 15 feet wide gravel path. Brush to 36 in both sides.
- Runway surface rough with rocks to 8 in diam, ruts down runway center; runway undulates.
- Runway 11/29 not recommended for TRI-CYCLE general aircraft.
- Runway 11/29 slope 2%.
- Runway condition not monitored; recommended visual inspection prior to landing.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Glacier Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Glacier 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,932 since 1982 · 825 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,142 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/KGZ.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.