Prospect Creek Airport
PPC · PAPR · Prospect Creek, Alaska · Yukon-Koyukuk County · map
Prospect Creek Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northeast of Prospect Creek, Alaska, 1,095 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,968 feet of gravel.
Weather right now PAPR · observed 10:45 am AKDT (18:45 UTC), 69 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind calm
- Visibility 1 miles
- Sky: overcast at 500 feet
- Weather: light snow
- Temperature 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter 29.65 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
SPECI PAPR 061845Z 00000KT 01SM -SN OVC005 M02/ A2965 RMK LAST
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA PPC · ICAO PAPR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,095 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1971
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,968 × 150 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 7 ft high 22 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Bettles and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 124.6 |
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Aircraft registered in Prospect Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Prospect Creek, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
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
- Located on alyeska flight adzy building: on when manned.
- Acvt runway end identifier lights runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ltd snow removal.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -27C.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp prior to use.
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.