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Ninilchik Airport

NIN · Ninilchik, Alaska · Kenai Peninsula County · map

Ninilchik Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southeast of Ninilchik, Alaska, 276 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,400 feet of gravel.

The airport

Codes
FAA NIN
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
276 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
Mc Grath sectional
Magnetic variation
24E
In the FAA's files since
October 1962

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1028N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
10/282,400 × 60 ftGravel, good
  • Runway 10: road on the approach
  • Runway 28: trees on the approach

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

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Aircraft registered in Ninilchik from the FAA register

6 aircraft are registered to owners in Ninilchik, Alaska: 6 piston singles. 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal

2023-07-13ANC23LA051 · Stinson 108 N97719 · accident · no injuries
2016-11-12ANC17LA005 · Cessna A185 N4918Q · accident · no injuries
1997-04-22ANC97LA061 · Cessna 172 N5407R · accident · no injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

  • Runway edges not marked.
  • Runway condition not monitored. Recommend visual inspection prior to use.
  • Safety areas at both runway ends soft.
  • State maintained on irregular basis.
  • Ultralight activity in the vicinity of airport.

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.