Goose Bay Airport
Z40 · Goose Bay, Alaska · Matanuska-Susitna County · map
Goose Bay Airport is a public-use airport in Goose Bay, Alaska, 78 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,000 feet of gravel. The receiver network heard 2 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 5,500 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Goose Bay Airport?
Its FAA code is Z40.
Where is Goose Bay Airport?
It is in Goose Bay, Alaska, 78 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Goose Bay Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,000 feet long, gravel.
Does Goose Bay Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Goose Bay Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Elmendorf Aero Club and Midnite Sun Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Goose Bay Airport?
16 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
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 Goose Bay Airport…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Z40
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 78 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Anchorage sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 25E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Gravel, fair |
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern, road on the approach
- Runway 26: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (11 nm south), Merrill Field (11 nm south), Lake Hood Airport (13 nm south), Ted Stevens Anchorage International (14 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Birchwood Airport (10 nm east), Alaska Regional Hospital Heliport (11 nm south), Merrill Field (11 nm south), Lake Hood Airport (13 nm south).
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
- Runway condition unmntd; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Runway end threshold panel.
- Runway end threshold panel.
- 808 feet lighted tower 11700 feet nnw of runway.
- Large military low altitude operations in the vicinity of R-2203, Goose Bay, birchwood and big lake airports. Military aircraft mnt mult the common traffic frequency frequency. See current anchorage VFR tac insert and cntr NOTAMs.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 5,500 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Goose Bay from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Goose Bay, AK as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Elmendorf Aero Club 1 aircraft · Jber, 10 miles away
- Midnite Sun Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Eagle River, 10 miles away
- United States Air Force Elmendorf Aero Club 1 aircraft · Elmendorf Afb, 10 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 9 for seaplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 8 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 8 aircrew program designees.
- Dean Stewart Paulson private pilot; airplanes, seaplanes · Anchorage FSDO · Eagle River, AK (9 nm) · (907) 230-9628 · [email protected]
- Brenton Kennedy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · anchorage, AK (14 nm) · (907) 240-8707 · [email protected]
- Carol Zerbe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Anchorage, AK (14 nm) · (907) 350-6607 · [email protected]
- Daniel Jonathan Larocque private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Anchorage, AK (14 nm) · (225) 503-5769 · [email protected]
- Greg Emory Stoddard private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · UAA Merrill Field · Anchorage, AK (14 nm) · (509) 939-1759 · [email protected]
- Hon Kagen Kinzie private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, helicopters, gliders · Anchorage, AK (14 nm) · (907) 360-5291 · [email protected]
- Mark Roger Greig private pilot (proficiency) · Anchorage, AK (14 nm) · (425) 240-7189 · [email protected]
- Martin Eric Hinshaw private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes, multi-engine seaplanes · Alaska Flight Academy · Wasilla, AK (14 nm) · (907) 947-4052 · [email protected]
All 57 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 27 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 27 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Alaska 5,930 since 1982 · 826 in the last ten years
- Elmendorf Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Midnite Sun Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- United States Air Force Elmendorf Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Alaska 392 landing places
- Alaska 9,145 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/Z40.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 28, 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.