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5A8 · Aleknagik / New Airport

FAA-LID · US · 1 NTSB events

ID 5A8 Elev 66 ft Lat 59° 16.96' N Lon 158° 37.08' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 2,030 ft. Max gradient: 0.49%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
15 — 2,030 ft 60 ft GRVL-DIRT-F No 0.49%
33 — 2,030 ft 60 ft GRVL-DIRT-F No 0.49%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 7 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (7 sentences)
  • ·RWY COND NOT MONITORED; RCMD VISUAL INSPECTION PRIOR TO USE.
  • ·BE ALERT: FLOAT PLANES LNDG & DEPG BTN N AND S SHORES ON THE ALEKNAGIK IN THE AREAS OF ALEKNAGIK LODGE & MOSQUITO POINT.
  • ·BE ALERT: RWY ELEVD ABV SRNDG TRRN; NO SAFETY AREAS AT EITHER THLD.
  • ·RWY SLOPES DOWN TOWARD DEP END OF RWY 15.
  • ·TREES ON APCH OF RWY 15, PWR LINES ON APCH OF RWY 33.
  • ·SEGMENTED CIRCLE IS OVERGROWN AND UNUSEABLE RWY 15/33 MKD WITH ORANGE 3 FT CONES.
  • ·THE WINDSOCK IS FADED AND BELOW THE TREE LINE; MAY BE UNREL.

Field profile

Wikipedia

Full article ↗

Aleknagik Airport, also known as Aleknagik (New) Airport, is a state-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district of Aleknagik, a city in the Dillingham Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

IATA · WKK

NTSB events

1 NTSB-recorded event on file at this airport .

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 2,500 ops in 1996

2024 total

930

10-yr total

9,300

2024 mix

AC/AT 46% · GA 54% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

0.0

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=0

No NTSB events at this field in the last decade.

All time · n=1

  • Ground collision 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
1983-09-02 Piper J-3 · Ground collision · day →

Designees in AK

CFI Flight Instructors 1,010 A&P Mechanics 3,011 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 30 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 4 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 5 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 6 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 7 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 24 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 25 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 7 Schools Flight Schools 20 FBO Fixed Base Operators 55 Clubs Flying Clubs 6 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 4 EAA EAA Chapters 3

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Darlene Kellogg Rudisill Kasilof AK 231 nm
Keith Ham Kasilof AK 231 nm
Bradford Holt Moose Pass AK 285 nm
Dean Stewart Paulson Eagle River AK 296 nm
Richard Wallace Girdwood AK 299 nm
Brenton Kennedy Anchorage AK 300 nm
Bruce Cummings Anchorage AK 300 nm
Carol Zerbe Anchorage AK 300 nm
Daniel Jonathan Larocque Anchorage AK 300 nm
Greg Emory Stoddard Anchorage AK 300 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
John Jay Weber Aleknagik AK 2 nm
Philip Jan Zygmunt Aleknagik AK 2 nm
Thomas Daniel Schlagel Dillingham AK 14 nm
Joseph David Wittkop Dillingham AK 14 nm
Ryan Allen Miller Dillingham AK 14 nm
Jon Edward King Naknek AK 62 nm
Patrick David Shryock Naknek AK 62 nm
Harold Samuel Egli Ii King Salmon AK 73 nm
Bryan Thomas Pfaender King Salmon AK 73 nm
Daniel Joseph Pepin King Salmon AK 73 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Roderick Malcolm Grant Dillingham AK 14 nm
Michael Upham Harder Dillingham AK 14 nm
Thomas Daniel Schlagel Dillingham AK 14 nm
Thomas Glen Tucker Dillingham AK 14 nm
Matthew Scott Van Deventer Dillingham AK 14 nm
Perry Lowell Abrams Dillingham AK 14 nm
Ward Bullard Hurlburt V Dillingham AK 14 nm
Leon Carl Braswell Dillingham AK 14 nm
Donald Earl Darden Dillingham AK 14 nm
Johnny David Evans Dillingham AK 14 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Avionics Specialists of Alaska
Anchorage, AK
 282 nm
Northern Lights Avionics, Inc
Anchorage, AK
 286 nm
Advanced AeroTechnologies Group
Palmer, AK
 314 nm
Aircom Avionics, Inc.
Fairbanks, AK
 449 nm
San Juan Air Maintenance
Friday Harbor, WA
 1392 nm
Cannon Avionics, Inc.
Arlington, WA
 1433 nm
Cannon Aircraft Interiors & CAI Avionics
Everett, WA
 1439 nm
Avionics Shop, Inc.
Gig Harbor, WA
 1456 nm
B&C Quality Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Auburn, WA
 1464 nm
Evergreen Airworks
Puyallup, WA
 1471 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.