Merrill Field

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 3

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 41 ft high 846 ft from the end
• Runway 26: PAPI, four lights on the left
• Runway 17: VASI, two boxes on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, building 31 ft high 437 ft from the end
• Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 27 ft high 331 ft from the end
• Runway 23: fence 7 ft high 250 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 907-271-5277.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (1 nm east), Lake Hood Airport (4 nm southwest), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (5 nm southwest).

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

• Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08, 17, 26, 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 and 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 08, 26 and 35; VASI runway 17 operates continuously.
• Pattern altitude for aircraft 105 kts or less 900 feet above sea level. Aircraft greater than 105 kts 1200 feet above sea level.
• Used seasonally as snow runway. Recommended ski equip aircraft use to minimize wheel rutting.
• First 60 feet paved; rmng gravel.
• Birds and seagulls on and in the vicinity of airport.
• Prior permission required ovr 12500 LB.
• All runway and taxiway lights nonstd height.
• 1-8 feet snow berms adjacent to runways and taxiways durg winter.
• When the control tower closed contact Merrill weather - the common traffic frequency or 271-4355.
• Flight planning in Anchorage bowl area - rco 122.55.
• Nonmovement area aircraft contact gnd control bfr tax.
• Ptns of taxiway C between taxiway south and north and ptns of taxiway Q not visibility from tower.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 161,898, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

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.

Aircraft registered in Anchorage from the FAA register

2,529 aircraft are registered to owners in Anchorage, Alaska: 2,048 piston singles, 214 turboprops, 121 helicopters, 82 piston twins, 28 business jets. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Alaska.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in Anchorage, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• Northland Hangars LLC
• Enzed Aviation Services LLC
• Pratt Aviation Services INC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Elmendorf Aero Club 1 aircraft · Jber, 3 miles away
• United States Air Force Elmendorf Aero Club 1 aircraft · Elmendorf Afb, 3 miles away
• University of Alaska Anchorage 18 aircraft · Anchorage, 6 miles away University of Alaska Anchorage is a public university serving approximately 12,000 students across south-central Alaska through its main Anchorage campus and community campuses in Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna, Kodiak, and Prince Willi
• Knik Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Anchorage, 6 miles away
• Frontier Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Anchorage, 6 miles away
• Opportunity Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Anchorage, 6 miles away
• Sea2Ski Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Anchorage, 6 miles away
• Sport Pilots Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Anchorage, 6 miles away
• Midnite Sun Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Eagle River, 14 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in Anchorage (12 of 63):

• Grant Aviation INC 55 aircraft on the certificate
• Ryan Air, INC. 24 aircraft on the certificate Ryan Air is an Alaska Bush carrier operating scheduled and charter freight and passenger services to over 80 villages across Western Alaska from eight hubs.
• Rusts Flying Service INC 23 aircraft on the certificate Rust's Flying Service is a seaplane operator based at Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska, offering flightseeing tours and air charters throughout Alaska.
• Pathfinder Aviation LLC 22 aircraft on the certificate Pathfinder Aviation is a helicopter operator based in Anchorage, Alaska, providing remote aviation operations and logistics services worldwide.
• Alpha Aviation LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate Alpha Aviation LLC is a helicopter operator based in Anchorage, Alaska, providing utility, industrial, and charter services throughout Alaska.
• Elevate Aviation LLC 20 aircraft on the certificate Elevate Jet is a private jet charter operator based in Anchorage, Alaska, offering on-demand charter flights, aircraft management, and maintenance services.
• ACE Air ACE Air Cargo (Alaska Central Express INC) 20 aircraft on the certificate ACE Air Cargo is Alaska's largest scheduled all-cargo carrier, operating daily air cargo flights to and from Anchorage serving many Alaskan communities.
• TransNorthern LLC 11 aircraft on the certificate TransNorthern Aviation operates passenger and cargo flights from Anchorage, Alaska.
• Katmai Air, LLC 10 aircraft on the certificate Katmai Air operates scheduled and charter flights across Alaska from bases in Anchorage and King Salmon.
• Fly 4 You INC 8 aircraft on the certificate
• J and M Alaska Air Tours INC 7 aircraft on the certificate
• Scott Air Express Desert Splash Adventures Alaska Seaplanes Seaport Airlines Island Air Express (Scott Air, LLC) 7 aircraft on the certificate

Repair stations in Anchorage (12 of 25, all of them):

• Accessory Services INC Accessory Services is an FAA and EASA certified repair station in Anchorage, Alaska, specializing in avionics accessories repair and overhaul, avionics installation and sales, and testing services including pitot static, transponder, ELT, a
• Acme LLC.
• Aero Twin INC Aero Twin, Inc.
• Aix, LLC AIX LLC is a certified repair station providing nondestructive testing (NDT) services to aircraft structures and components throughout Alaska.
• Alaska Aircraft Sales, INC Alaska Aircraft Sales is an FAA-approved repair station in Anchorage that provides aircraft maintenance, inspection, custom modifications, and brokerage services.
• Alaskan Aircraft Engines Alaskan Aircraft Engines is a piston aircraft engine overhaul and repair shop based at Merrill Field in Anchorage, Alaska.
• Alpha Repair Station LLC
• Alsco Aviation INC
• Anchorage Custom Powder Coating INC
• Dominion Propeller Corporation
• Eagle Enterprises INC
• F. Atlee Dodge Aircraft Services, LLC F.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 170 since 1982, 8 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