Engstrom Field
Z47 · Basin Creek, Alaska · Nome County · map
Engstrom Field is a public-use airport owned by Engstrom Dredging CO in Basin Creek, Alaska, 143 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,000 feet of gravel and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA Z47
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Engstrom Dredging CO
- Elevation
- 143 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Gravel and dirt, good |
- Runway 16: brush on the approach
- Runway 34: brush 5 ft high 2 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Basin Creek from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Basin Creek, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway condition not monitored; recommend visual inspection prior to landing.
- Pvt road 70 feet from runway 16 thld.
- Tall grass on runway
- Runway soft during rain season.
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.