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Z40 · Goose Bay Airport

FAA-LID · US · 26 NTSB events

ID Z40 Elev 78 ft Lat 61° 23.68' N Lon 149° 50.72' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

fetching…

Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

—

Decode in METAR tool TAF on AWC ↗ NOTAMs ↗

Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

2 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,000 ft.

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
07 — 3,000 ft 75 ft GRAVEL-G No —
25 — 3,000 ft 75 ft GRAVEL-G No —

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 · 4 not yet translated

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

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (4 sentences)
  • ·RWY COND UNMNTD; RCMD VISUAL INSP BFR USE. 808 FT LGTD TWR 11700 FT NNW OF RWY.
  • ·WX CAMERA AVBL ON INTERNET AT HTTPS://WEATHERCAMS.FAA.GOV LRG MIL LOW ALT OPS INVOF R-2203, GOOSE BAY, BIRCHWOOD & BIG LAKE ARPTS.
  • ·MIL ACFT MNT MULT CTAF FREQ.
  • ·SEE CURRENT ANCHORAGE VFR TAC INSERT & CNTR NOTAMS.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

NTSB events

26 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

28

since 1982

Fatal

0

0.0% of total

Last 5 years

6

≈ 1.2/yr

Last 10 years

7

≈ 0.7/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 5,500 ops in 2011

2024 total

5,500

10-yr total

55,000

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

127.3

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=7

  • Loss of control 3
  • Other 3
  • Engine failure / power loss 1

All time · n=26

  • Other 8
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 5
  • Loss of control 5
  • Engine failure / power loss 3
  • Ground collision 2
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Stall / spin 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-09-13 Maule M-5-235C · Other · day →
2025-07-01 Champion 7ECA · Other · day →
2024-10-19 Cessna A185F · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2024-08-03 Piper PA18 · Loss of control · day →
2022-12-08 Piper PA-22-150 · Other · day →
2022-05-16 TAYLORCRAFT AVIATION CORP F19 · Engine failure · day →
2018-05-07 Piper PA 18-150 · Loss of control · day →
2015-03-30 Cessna 170B · Weather · VMC · day →
2013-05-19 Maule M-6-235 · Ground collision · day →
2012-07-04 Piper PA-18-180 · Loss of control · day →
2006-07-31 American Champion (ACAC) 8GCBC · Engine failure · day →
2005-08-05 Aviat A-1 · Weather · day →
2003-06-10 Cessna 140A · Weather · day →
2003-04-19 Aviat A1 · Other · VMC · day →
2000-05-19 Cessna 185F · Other · day →
2000-04-18 Piper PA-18-150 · Other · day →
1999-06-11 Piper PA-18 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1997-05-18 Cessna 150 · Weather · day →
1997-04-28 Cessna 170B · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1995-03-29 Cessna 170A · Weather · VMC · day →
1993-11-02 Aeronca 7DC · Other · VMC · day →
1993-08-17 Piper PA-12 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
1993-06-12 Piper PA-3 · Other · VMC · day →
1993-04-23 Cessna A185F · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1990-08-24 Cessna 152 · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1990-05-12 Piper PA-18-150 · Loss of control · VMC · 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
Dean Stewart Paulson Eagle River AK 11 nm
Martin Eric Hinshaw Wasilla AK 16 nm
Ray Larue Hodges Wasilla AK 16 nm
Stacia Joyce Wasilla AK 16 nm
Brenton Kennedy Anchorage AK 21 nm
Bruce Cummings Anchorage AK 21 nm
Carol Zerbe Anchorage AK 21 nm
Daniel Jonathan Larocque Anchorage AK 21 nm
Greg Emory Stoddard Anchorage AK 21 nm
Hon Kagen Kinzie Anchorage AK 21 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
Michelle Marie Dietz Big Lake AK 8 nm
Kevin Lee Anderson Big Lake AK 8 nm
Janet Irene Mccartney Big Lake AK 8 nm
Jonathan Joseph Kotwicki Big Lake AK 8 nm
Jeffrey Noyes Banks Eagle River AK 11 nm
Rocky Patsy Capozzi Eagle River AK 11 nm
Dean Cimmiyotti Eagle River AK 11 nm
Kevin Wayne Earp Eagle River AK 11 nm
Dean Paul Eisberg Eagle River AK 11 nm
Sean Joseph Ellis Eagle River AK 11 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
Edgar Donald Dodd Washilla AK 4 nm
Clarence Henry Schroeder Big Lake AK 8 nm
Robert Thomas Hutchison Big Lake AK 8 nm
Lee William Budde Big Lake AK 8 nm
John Ellis Lilly Big Lake AK 8 nm
Kevin Lee Anderson Big Lake AK 8 nm
Eric Andrew Swenson Big Lake AK 8 nm
Janet Irene Mccartney Big Lake AK 8 nm
Jonathan Joseph Kotwicki Big Lake AK 8 nm
John Alan Biornstad Big Lake AK 8 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Northern Lights Avionics, Inc
Anchorage, AK
 11 nm
Avionics Specialists of Alaska
Anchorage, AK
 13 nm
Advanced AeroTechnologies Group
Palmer, AK
 25 nm
Aircom Avionics, Inc.
Fairbanks, AK
 213 nm
San Juan Air Maintenance
Friday Harbor, WA
 1190 nm
Cannon Avionics, Inc.
Arlington, WA
 1229 nm
Cannon Aircraft Interiors & CAI Avionics
Everett, WA
 1238 nm
Avionics Shop, Inc.
Gig Harbor, WA
 1260 nm
B&C Quality Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Auburn, WA
 1266 nm
Evergreen Airworks
Puyallup, WA
 1275 nm

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