KGZ
Airport
Glacier Creek
Glacier Creek, Alaska

FAA NFDC Information Effective 56-day cycle 11/28/2024 - 1/23/2025

Ops Comms Services Owner Runways IFR Procs Current NOTAMs Remarks

Location

FAA Identifier:KGZ
Lat/Lng:61.4551344444, -142.380950833
61-27-18.4840N, 142-22-51.4230W
Estimated
Elevation:2380 feet Surveyed
Magnetic Variation:28E,(1985), [16E (2024)]
Sectional:ANCHORAGE
From City: in Glacier Creek

Operations

Use:Open to the public
Airspace Analysis:NOT ANALYZED
Estabd Prior to 1959.
Ownership:Publicly owned
Activation:01/1952
Control Tower:no
ARTCC:Anchorage(ZAN)Anchorage Center
FSS:Kenai FSS(ENA)
NOTAMs and Weather:ENANOTAM-D service at airport
Wind Indicator:None
Landing Fee:no

Communications

CTAF:122.900

Services

Airframe Repair:None
Powerplant Repair:None
Bottled Oxygen:None
Bulk Oxygen:None

Based Aircraft

Total:0

Annual Operations

Total:0

Ownership

Owner:Nps Wrangell-St Elias
Box 493
Copper Center, Ak 99573
907-822-7250
Manager:Danny Rosenkrans
Box 493
Copper Center, Ak 99753
907-822-7240

Runways

Runways:11/29

Runway 11/29

Length:1400 feet
Width:15 feet
15 ft Wide Gravel Path. Brush to 36 in Both Sides.
Surface:Gravel / Cinders / Crushed Rock / Coral/Shells / Slag, Poor Condition
Runway Surface Rough with Rocks to 8 in Diam, Ruts Down Runway Center; Runway Undulates.
Surface Treatment:NONE
End 11 End 29
Objects:TreesTree
Objects affecting Navigable Airspace (CFR part 77):Utility runway with a visual approachUtility runway with a visual approach
Object Clearance Slope:0:10:1
Object Height:15' AGL12' AGL
Object Distance:0' Along centerline
16B'
0' Along centerline
47B'

Procedures

NOTAMs

Additional Remarks

Runway 11/29 in Steep Mountain Canyon & Subject to Turbulent Winds.
Runway 11/29 not Rcmd for Tri-Cycle General Aircraft.
Runway 11/29 Slope 2%.
Runway Condition not Monitored; Rcmd Visual Inspection Prior to Landing.

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