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Tripod Airport

Z25 · Aleknagik, Alaska · Bristol Bay County · map

Tripod Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles southeast of Aleknagik, Alaska, 225 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 1,250 feet of grass and gravel.

The airport

Codes: FAA Z25
Kind: Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation: 225 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
Repairs: airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart: Kodiak sectional
Magnetic variation: 20E
In the FAA's files since: January 1966

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
11/29	1,250 × 50 ft	Grass and gravel, failed
18/36	850 × 40 ft	Gravel and dirt, failed

Runway 11: trees on the approach
Runway 29: trees on the approach
Runway 18: trees on the approach
Runway 36: trees on the approach

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)

122.9

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Aircraft registered in Aleknagik from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Aleknagik, Alaska: 2 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

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Aleknagik Z33 · 2 nm west Aleknagik /New Airport 5A8 · 2 nm northwest Dillingham Airport DLG · 13 nm south Ans Hospital Heliport 5Z4 · 16 nm south Manokotak Airport MBA · 23 nm southwest Clarks Point Airport CLP · 26 nm south Aleknagik Mission Strip 4AK7 · 2 nm northwest · private Shannons Pond AA15 · 12 nm south · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Runways not maintained; recommend prior inspection before use.
Forest with trees to 32 feet within 160 feet from thld.
Forest across entire approach 0 feet from thld.
1,444 feet marsh mtn top 1.7 MI from thld.
Runway is very rough and overgrown with brush and trees.
Runway surface is very uneven and ocasionally very soft
Runway surface consists of a narrow atv trail and undulating tundra which slopes downhill towards north.
Unusable only 10 feet wide with 6 -12 feet trees encroaching and rocks to 10 inches on surface. Runway used as an atv camping site.
Runway 18/36 has 7' trees growing in the center of the runway midfield. Runway unusable for fixed wing aircraft.
Runway 11 forest with 32' trees 0' from threshold.
Runway 36 forest across entire approach up to 0' of threshold.
No runway markings either runway.

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.