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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 28E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1952
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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 |
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Aircraft registered in Glacier Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Glacier Creek, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.