Soldotna Airport
SXQ · PASX · Soldotna, Alaska · Kenai-Cook Inlet County · map
Soldotna Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Soldotna, 1 mile southeast of Soldotna, Alaska, 113 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SXQ · ICAO PASX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Soldotna
- Elevation
- 113 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 793 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1962
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,001 × 130 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07S/25S | 2,300 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, fair |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 45 ft high 1,470 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 50 ft high 2,265 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.5 | |
| Soldotna and rco | 122.35 | Soldotna |
| Kenai and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 125.7 | |
| Sxq and aWOS-3P | 135.45 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-262-8431.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Soldotna from the FAA register
257 aircraft are registered to owners in Soldotna, Alaska: 238 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Alaska.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 37 since 1982, 2 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
- Large cargo aircraft use east ramp for parking/unloading.
- Activate PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25; windsocks - the common traffic frequency.
- 12500 pounds and ovr.
- Available 24 hour with credit card.
- Transient parking south of terminal building; rows 26-28 and 40-44.
- West apron not mntnd.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr landing.
- Ultralight aircraft in the vicinity of airport, no ultralight strip.
- Simul/parl operations NA; seq - the common traffic frequency.
- Gravel landing area north side and parl to runway 07/25; marked by cones; not mntnd in winter.
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.