Sheep Mountain Airport
SMU · PASP · Sheep Mountain, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Sheep Mountain Airport is a public-use airport in Sheep Mountain, Alaska, 2,750 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,270 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SMU · ICAO PASP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,750 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 26E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1950
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,270 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, poor |
- Runway 05: trees on the approach
- Runway 23: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Sheep Mountain from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Sheep Mountain, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 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
- Unreliable.
- Emergency use only. Exp turb winds. Vehicles on runway. Maintenance NA. crosswise slope north to south up to 9%. vehicle trail alg both sides.
- 1% upslope.
- 3 feet weeds and brush.
- Large loose rock.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr 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.