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.
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What is the airport code for Prospect Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is PPC, and its ICAO code is PAPR.
Where is Prospect Creek Airport?
It is 3 miles northeast of Prospect Creek, Alaska, 1,095 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Prospect Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 01/19, is 4,968 feet long, gravel.
Does Prospect Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where can you fly nonstop from Prospect Creek Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Fairbanks, Bettles, Fairbanks International, Galbraith Lake, Prospect Creek. Every route
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 Prospect Creek Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Fairbanks sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 21E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Bettles Airport (22 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Bettles Airport (22 nm west).
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
- 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.
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 93 departures from PPC in those twelve months, carrying 220 passengers in 716 seats (31% filled), to 10 destinations on 3 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Creek → Fairbanks PPC–MTX | 37 | 31 | Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Prospect Creek → Bettles PPC–BTT | 18 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Prospect Creek → Fairbanks International PPC–FAI | 17 | 166 | Alaska Central Express |
| Prospect Creek → Galbraith Lake PPC–GBH | 8 | 3 | Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Prospect Creek → Prospect Creek PPC–PPC | 8 | 8 | Maritime Helicopters, Inc. |
| Prospect Creek → Ted Stevens Anchorage International PPC–ANC | 1 | 12 | Alaska Central Express |
| Prospect Creek → Coldfoot PPC–CXF | 1 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
| Prospect Creek → Flat PPC–FLT | 1 | 0 | Wright Air Service |
All 10 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Prospect Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Prospect 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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 824 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 2 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
- Fairbanks (MTX) 37 flights in twelve months · Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Bettles (BTT) 18 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Fairbanks International (FAI) 17 flights in twelve months · Alaska Central Express
- Galbraith Lake (GBH) 8 flights in twelve months · Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Prospect Creek (PPC) 8 flights in twelve months · Maritime Helicopters, Inc.
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 1 flights in twelve months · Alaska Central Express
- Coldfoot (CXF) 1 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
- Flat (FLT) 1 flights in twelve months · Wright Air Service
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PPC.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 October 29, 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.