283 public-use fields

Alaska Airport Density Altitude

Alaska has 283 public-use airports, and none of them typically exceed 5,000 ft of density altitude even on a summer afternoon — heat still trims performance, but the climate keeps typical density altitudes low.

Every field, worst typical afternoon first

Field elevation from FAA NASR · worst typical afternoon of each field's hottest month from NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station · standard pressure, dry air
Airport	City	Field elev	Worst typical afternoon DA	Month
4Z5 — Horsfeld	Horsfeld	3,620 ft	4,913 ft	July
CZN — Chisana	Chisana	3,348 ft	4,580 ft	July
BYA — Boundary	Boundary	2,940 ft	4,350 ft	July
PASP — Sheep Mountain	Sheep Mountain	2,750 ft	4,030 ft	July
2Z3 — Eva Creek	Eva Creek	2,817 ft	3,961 ft	July
PAAG — Chandalar Shelf	Chandalar Camp	3,222 ft	3,904 ft	July
9AK — Totatlanika River	Totatlanika River	2,717 ft	3,838 ft	July
KGZ — Glacier Creek	Glacier Creek	2,380 ft	3,740 ft	July
PAXK — Paxson	Paxson	2,653 ft	3,728 ft	July
PAAO — Lake Louise	Lake Louise	2,480 ft	3,699 ft	July
Z14 — Tazlina	Tazlina	2,450 ft	3,663 ft	July
PAST — Summit	Summit	2,409 ft	3,423 ft	July
PAGB — Galbraith Lake	Galbraith Lake	2,663 ft	3,268 ft	July
K55 — Thompson Pass	Valdez	2,080 ft	3,260 ft	July
PARC — Arctic Village	Arctic Village	2,092 ft	3,249 ft	July
PATW — Cantwell	Cantwell	2,190 ft	3,154 ft	July
5BK — Black Rapids	Black Rapids	2,125 ft	3,081 ft	July
PALR — Chandalar Lake	Chandalar Lake	1,920 ft	3,039 ft	July
CZO — Chistochina	Chistochina	1,861 ft	2,973 ft	July
3T4 — Tetlin	Tetlin	1,671 ft	2,948 ft	July
PAOR — Northway	Northway	1,720 ft	2,939 ft	July
PFTO — Tok Junction	Tok	1,643 ft	2,914 ft	July
MYK — May Creek	May Creek	1,681 ft	2,885 ft	July
01A — Purkeypile	Purkeypile	2,041 ft	2,863 ft	July
20K — Quail Creek	Quail Creek	1,576 ft	2,832 ft	June
TSG — Tanacross	Tanacross	1,559 ft	2,786 ft	July
PAAY — Chicken	Chicken	1,640 ft	2,759 ft	July
6AK — Rainy Pass Lodge	Rainy Pass	1,900 ft	2,709 ft	July
PAMX — Mccarthy	Mccarthy	1,533 ft	2,703 ft	July
PAAN — Gold King Creek	Fairbanks	1,720 ft	2,673 ft	July
PAGK — Gulkana	Gulkana	1,586 ft	2,636 ft	July
Z90 — Stampede	Kantishna	1,852 ft	2,631 ft	July
PAIN — Mc Kinley Ntl Park	Mckinley Park	1,720 ft	2,615 ft	July
PAKP — Anaktuvuk Pass	Anaktuvuk Pass	2,106 ft	2,582 ft	July
8KA — Tatitna	Tatitna	1,490 ft	2,537 ft	July
PAAH — Kantishna	Kantishna	1,578 ft	2,294 ft	July
D66 — Delta Junction	Delta Junction	1,150 ft	2,266 ft	July
WSM — Wiseman	Wiseman	1,195 ft	2,200 ft	June
PAFL — Tin Creek	Farewell Lake	1,185 ft	2,163 ft	July
AK0 — Jakes Bar	Mccarthy	1,074 ft	2,141 ft	July
Z93 — Copper Center 2	Copper Center	1,150 ft	2,139 ft	July
PAHV — Healy River	Healy	1,275 ft	2,127 ft	July
PAPR — Prospect Creek	Prospect Creek	1,095 ft	2,090 ft	July
PACE — Central	Central	937 ft	2,087 ft	July
A77 — Yankee Creek 2	Yankee Creek	1,120 ft	2,077 ft	July
PAEG — Eagle	Eagle	907 ft	2,056 ft	July
PACX — Coldfoot	Coldfoot	1,049 ft	2,021 ft	June
CHP — Circle Hot Springs	Circle Hot Springs	870 ft	1,954 ft	July
L20 — Coal Creek	Yukon Charley Rivers	867 ft	1,950 ft	July
A13 — Bold	Anchorage	900 ft	1,870 ft	July
2Z2 — Eureka Creek	Eureka Creek	700 ft	1,758 ft	June
2AN — Tischner Air	Anderson	647 ft	1,725 ft	July
PACR — Circle City	Circle	613 ft	1,639 ft	July
PARY — Ruby	Ruby	658 ft	1,618 ft	July
PACL — Clear	Clear	559 ft	1,617 ft	July
PACI — Chalkyitsik	Chalkyitsik	549 ft	1,611 ft	July
Z48 — Bear Creek 3	Bear Creek	740 ft	1,610 ft	July
PABT — Bettles	Bettles	647 ft	1,541 ft	July
80A — American Creek	American Creek	513 ft	1,529 ft	June
PAAF — Minto Al Wright	Minto	500 ft	1,513 ft	June
PAMH — Minchumina	Minchumina	682 ft	1,507 ft	July
PFYU — Fort Yukon	Fort Yukon	447 ft	1,486 ft	July
PAAR — Birch Creek	Birch Creek	440 ft	1,478 ft	July
2K5 — Telida	Telida	650 ft	1,468 ft	July
Z17 — Ophir	Ophir	595 ft	1,432 ft	July
4AK — Livengood Camp	Livengood	428 ft	1,425 ft	July
PAAX — Chitina	Chitina	556 ft	1,397 ft	July
PANN — Nenana Municipal	Nenana	368 ft	1,389 ft	July
PAFA — Fairbanks International	Fairbanks	439 ft	1,387 ft	July
PAVE — Venetie	Venetie	574 ft	1,387 ft	July
95Z — Bradley Sky-Ranch	North Pole	483 ft	1,384 ft	July
PFSV — Stevens Village	Stevens Village	328 ft	1,302 ft	June
PFAL — Allakaket	Allakaket	441 ft	1,288 ft	July
PFMP — Rampart	Rampart	307 ft	1,276 ft	June
PAFS — Nikolai	Nikolai	447 ft	1,250 ft	July
PAML — Manley Hot Springs	Manley Hot Springs	275 ft	1,237 ft	June
PPCT — Takotna	Takotna	423 ft	1,221 ft	July
2AK — Lime Village	Lime Village	545 ft	1,210 ft	July
PANU — Nulato	Nulato	406 ft	1,194 ft	July
PAWB — Beaver	Beaver	365 ft	1,188 ft	July
PAHU — Hughes	Hughes	299 ft	1,152 ft	July
FLT — Flat	Flat	343 ft	1,123 ft	July
PAMC — Mc Grath	Mc Grath	343 ft	1,123 ft	July
PATK — Talkeetna	Talkeetna	365 ft	1,098 ft	July
PATA — Ralph M Calhoun Meml	Tanana	242 ft	1,082 ft	July
PAKL — Kulik Lake	Kulik Lake	717 ft	1,066 ft	July
PAGQ — Big Lake	Big Lake	162 ft	996 ft	July
SRV — Stony River 2	Stony River	230 ft	984 ft	July
JLA — Quartz Creek	Cooper Landing	466 ft	978 ft	July
PAHL — Huslia	Huslia	220 ft	965 ft	July
PAWS — Wasilla	Wasilla	354 ft	963 ft	July
PASL — Sleetmute	Sleetmute	192 ft	937 ft	July
9Z9 — Lawing	Lawing	484 ft	929 ft	July
RDV — Red Devil	Red Devil	181 ft	924 ft	July
PASW — Skwentna	Skwentna	148 ft	922 ft	July
PAKV — Kaltag	Kaltag	181 ft	917 ft	July
PAAC — Pilot Station	Pilot Station	473 ft	902 ft	July
PAUO — Willow	Willow	215 ft	895 ft	July
PAKK — Koyuk Alfred Adams	Koyuk	162 ft	894 ft	July
PAKX — Wilder Runway	Port Alsworth	288 ft	894 ft	July
PAAQ — Warren "Bud" Woods Palmer Municipal	Palmer	249 ft	885 ft	July
PAGA — Edward G Pitka Sr	Galena	154 ft	884 ft	July
PFKU — Koyukuk	Koyukuk	149 ft	878 ft	July
PANW — New Stuyahok	New Stuyahok	371 ft	841 ft	July
PAMR — Merrill Field	Anchorage	143 ft	806 ft	July
AK1 — Butte Municipal	Palmer	64 ft	793 ft	July
PANO — Nondalton	Nondalton	314 ft	791 ft	July
PAEW — Mertarvik	Mertarvik	345 ft	745 ft	July
PANC — Ted Stevens Anchorage International	Anchorage	151 ft	732 ft	July
PAUN — Unalakleet	Unalakleet	27 ft	728 ft	July
Z40 — Goose Bay	Goose Bay	78 ft	726 ft	July
PFSH — Shaktoolik	Shaktoolik	24 ft	724 ft	July
5HO — Hope	Hope	194 ft	721 ft	July
PAJZ — Koliganek	Koliganek	272 ft	720 ft	July
AQY — Girdwood	Girdwood	164 ft	710 ft	July
PALH — Lake Hood	Anchorage	79 ft	708 ft	July
PABV — Birchwood	Birchwood	83 ft	700 ft	July
Z25 — Tripod	Aleknagik	225 ft	662 ft	July
NIN — Ninilchik	Ninilchik	276 ft	653 ft	July
PAIL — Iliamna	Iliamna	192 ft	640 ft	July
PFKK — Kokhanok	Kokhanok	115 ft	617 ft	July
PAGY — Skagway	Skagway	44 ft	601 ft	July
5KS — Kasilof	Kasilof	125 ft	597 ft	July
PFWS — South Naknek Nr 2	South Naknek	162 ft	584 ft	July
PASX — Soldotna	Soldotna	113 ft	582 ft	July
RK1 — Kavik Strip	Kavik River	668 ft	580 ft	July
4K0 — Pedro Bay	Pedro Bay	84 ft	579 ft	July
Z81 — Salmon Lake	Salmon Lake	509 ft	561 ft	July
PAAV — Ekwok	Ekwok	142 ft	559 ft	July
UGB — Ugashik Bay	Pilot Point	132 ft	547 ft	July
PAOC — Portage Creek	Portage Creek	129 ft	543 ft	July
PAMB — Manokotak	Manokotak	107 ft	516 ft	July
PAIG — Igiugig	Igiugig	90 ft	515 ft	July
PAVD — Valdez Pioneer Field	Valdez	128 ft	510 ft	July
PAKT — Ketchikan International	Ketchikan	92 ft	504 ft	August
PAII — Egegik	Egegik	92 ft	498 ft	July
PADL — Dillingham	Dillingham	82 ft	486 ft	July
PFCL — Clarks Point	Clarks Point	80 ft	483 ft	July
PABE — Bethel	Bethel	129 ft	478 ft	July
PAKN — King Salmon	King Salmon	73 ft	474 ft	July
PAHN — Haines	Haines	29 ft	472 ft	July
5NK — Naknek	Naknek	70 ft	471 ft	July
PAKW — Klawock	Klawock	80 ft	464 ft	August
5A8 — Aleknagik /New	Aleknagik	63 ft	462 ft	July
PADM — Marshall Don Hunter Sr	Marshall	115 ft	461 ft	July
PAPN — Pilot Point	Pilot Point	57 ft	455 ft	July
PAAI — Levelock	Levelock	56 ft	454 ft	July
5QC — Quartz Creek / Kougarok	Quartz Creek	416 ft	446 ft	July
76Z — Nakeen	Nakeen	50 ft	446 ft	July
PAKY — Karluk	Karluk	142 ft	442 ft	August
9A8 — Ugashik	Ugashik	44 ft	439 ft	July
PANI — Aniak	Aniak	97 ft	439 ft	July
A69 — Tanis Mesa	Yakutat	183 ft	428 ft	August
PAEN — Kenai Municipal	Kenai	100 ft	423 ft	July
PAFE — Kake	Kake	172 ft	408 ft	July
PAOH — Hoonah	Hoonah	22 ft	405 ft	July
PALG — Kalskag	Kalskag	63 ft	397 ft	July
PARS — Russian Mission	Russian Mission	58 ft	391 ft	July
PAHO — Homer	Homer	84 ft	390 ft	July
PACK — Chefornak	Chefornak	54 ft	386 ft	July
PAWG — Wrangell	Wrangell	44 ft	380 ft	July
PFKA — Kasigluk	Kasigluk	48 ft	379 ft	July
PAJN — Juneau International	Juneau	25 ft	376 ft	July
PALB — Larsen Bay	Larsen Bay	87 ft	375 ft	August
PAQH — Quinhagak	Quinhagak	43 ft	372 ft	July
PAMD — Middleton Island	Middleton Island	100 ft	371 ft	July
PADY — Kongiganak	Kongiganak	40 ft	369 ft	July
PFAK — Akiak	Akiak	40 ft	369 ft	July
PADQ — Kodiak	Kodiak	79 ft	365 ft	August
PALT — Tuluksak	Tuluksak	36 ft	364 ft	July
PAWR — Whittier	Whittier	39 ft	355 ft	July
PAEE — Eek	Eek	27 ft	353 ft	July
PFKW — Kwethluk	Kwethluk	25 ft	350 ft	July
PFZK — Akiachak	Akiachak	23 ft	348 ft	July
PPIT — Nunapitchuk	Nunapitchuk	22 ft	347 ft	July
PAGG — Kwigillingok	Kwigillingok	21 ft	345 ft	July
PAKI — Kipnuk	Kipnuk	20 ft	344 ft	July
PAAB — Atmautluak	Atmautluak	19 ft	343 ft	July
A67 — Harlequin Lake	Yakutat	113 ft	341 ft	August
PANA — Napakiak	Napakiak	17 ft	340 ft	July
PAAJ — Tuntutuliak	Tuntutuliak	16 ft	339 ft	July
6R7 — Old Harbor	Old Harbor	55 ft	335 ft	August
PAPG — Petersburg James A Johnson	Petersburg	113 ft	335 ft	July
3Z1 — Feather River	Feather River	325 ft	334 ft	July
PAPK — Napaskiak	Napaskiak	11 ft	333 ft	July
PFCB — Chenega Bay	Chenega	69 ft	333 ft	July
PAGT — Nightmute	Nightmute	7 ft	328 ft	July
PAKH — Akhiok	Akhiok	44 ft	322 ft	August
PAGS — Gustavus	Gustavus	36 ft	318 ft	July
PGM — Port Graham	Port Graham	93 ft	317 ft	July
PAKD — Kodiak Municipal	Kodiak	139 ft	315 ft	August
PAIK — Bob Baker Meml	Kiana	179 ft	311 ft	July
PAKA — Tatitlek	Tatitlek	62 ft	311 ft	July
PATE — Teller	Teller	299 ft	302 ft	July
CKU — Cordova Municipal	Cordova	59 ft	294 ft	July
PAUM — Umiat	Umiat	268 ft	277 ft	July
A68 — Situk	Yakutat	60 ft	276 ft	August
PACV — Merle K (Mudhole) Smith	Cordova	53 ft	274 ft	August
A57 — Alsek River	Yakutat	53 ft	267 ft	August
PAWD — Seward	Seward	28 ft	263 ft	July
PAWM — White Mountain	White Mountain	267 ft	262 ft	July
PADE — Deering	Deering	30 ft	252 ft	July
PABL — Buckland	Buckland	29 ft	251 ft	July
PAYA — Yakutat	Yakutat	40 ft	251 ft	August
AK76 — East Alsek River	Yakutat	39 ft	250 ft	August
3AK — Dry Bay	Yakutat	33 ft	243 ft	August
PAAE — Ouzinkie	Ouzinkie	100 ft	240 ft	August
PASO — Seldovia	Seldovia	29 ft	238 ft	July
PAAW — Nanwalek	Nanwalek	27 ft	235 ft	July
PASI — Sitka Rocky Gutierrez	Sitka	27 ft	235 ft	August
PASH — Shishmaref	Shishmaref	14 ft	232 ft	July
4Z9 — Jakolof Bay	Jakolof Bay	5 ft	208 ft	July
PAUT — Akutan	Akutan	129 ft	197 ft	August
PORI — Port Lions	Port Lions	42 ft	169 ft	August
PFNO — Robert/Bob/Curtis Meml	Noorvik	55 ft	158 ft	July
PFEL — Elim	Elim	162 ft	133 ft	July
PASK — Selawik	Selawik	17 ft	112 ft	July
PAOT — Ralph Wien Meml	Kotzebue	15 ft	109 ft	July
Z47 — Engstrom Field	Basin Creek	143 ft	109 ft	July
PAVC — King Cove	King Cove	149 ft	84 ft	August
PADU — Unalaska	Unalaska	23 ft	66 ft	August
K29 — Council	Council	100 ft	56 ft	July
Z52 — Johnsons Landing	Bear Lake	130 ft	47 ft	August
PACD — Cold Bay	Cold Bay	100 ft	23 ft	August
94Z — Nome City Field	Nome	69 ft	18 ft	July
PAGL — Golovin	Golovin	65 ft	13 ft	July
PAQT — Nuiqsut	Nuiqsut	45 ft	1 ft	July
PAOM — Nome	Nome	41 ft	−17 ft	July
PFKT — Brevig Mission	Brevig Mission	38 ft	−21 ft	July
PAWN — Noatak	Noatak	92 ft	−46 ft	July
A79 — Chignik Lake	Chignik Lake	50 ft	−52 ft	August
PAPE — Perryville	Perryville	30 ft	−77 ft	August
PAKF — False Pass	False Pass	18 ft	−78 ft	August
KCL — Chignik Lagoon	Chignik Lagoon	28 ft	−79 ft	August
PASD — Sand Point	Sand Point	24 ft	−84 ft	August
PAOU — Nelson Lagoon	Nelson Lagoon	14 ft	−97 ft	August
PAPO — Point Hope	Point Hope	21 ft	−134 ft	July
PAVL — Kivalina	Kivalina	18 ft	−138 ft	July
PASC — Deadhorse	Deadhorse	67 ft	−164 ft	July
PAPB — St George	St George	128 ft	−261 ft	August
PASN — St Paul Island	St Paul Island	66 ft	−298 ft	August
PAWI — Wainwright	Wainwright	45 ft	−378 ft	July
PPIZ — Point Lay Lrrs	Point Lay	29 ft	−397 ft	July
PATQ — Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Meml	Atqasuk	101 ft	−611 ft	July
PABR — Wiley Post-Will Rogers Meml	Utqiagvik	49 ft	−675 ft	July
A63 — Twin Hills	Twin Hills	82 ft	—	—
GNU — Goodnews	Goodnews	18 ft	—	—
PAAK — Atka	Atka	55 ft	—	—
PAAS — Stebbins	Stebbins	19 ft	—	—
PAAU — Nunam Iqua	Nunam Iqua	18 ft	—	—
PABA — Barter Island	Barter Island	55 ft	—	—
PACH — Chuathbaluk	Chuathbaluk	244 ft	—	—
PACJ — Crooked Creek	Crooked Creek	183 ft	—	—
PACM — Scammon Bay	Scammon Bay	22 ft	—	—
PADK — Adak	Adak Island	20 ft	—	—
PAEM — Emmonak	Emmonak	16 ft	—	—
PAFM — Ambler	Ambler	293 ft	—	—
PAGH — Shungnak	Shungnak	205 ft	—	—
PAGM — Gambell	Gambell	30 ft	—	—
PAGX — Grayling	Grayling	138 ft	—	—
PAHC — Holy Cross	Holy Cross	75 ft	—	—
PAHP — Hooper Bay	Hooper Bay	20 ft	—	—
PAHX — Shageluk	Shageluk	79 ft	—	—
PAIW — Wales	Wales	26 ft	—	—
PAJC — Chignik	Chignik	18 ft	—	—
PAKO — Nikolski As	Nikolski	77 ft	—	—
PAMK — St Michael	St Michael	98 ft	—	—
PAMO — Mountain Village	Mountain Village	339 ft	—	—
PAMY — Mekoryuk	Mekoryuk	53 ft	—	—
PANV — Anvik	Anvik	297 ft	—	—
PAOB — Kobuk	Kobuk	142 ft	—	—
PAOO — Toksook Bay	Toksook Bay	71 ft	—	—
PAPH — Port Heiden	Port Heiden	95 ft	—	—
PAPM — Platinum	Platinum	18 ft	—	—
PASA — Savoonga	Savoonga	59 ft	—	—
PASM — St Mary'S	St Mary'S	314 ft	—	—
PATG — Togiak	Togiak Village	19 ft	—	—
PATM — Taylor Mountain	Taylor Mountain Mine	1,000 ft	—	—
PAUK — Alakanuk	Alakanuk	22 ft	—	—
PAVA — Chevak	Chevak	61 ft	—	—
PFKO — Kotlik	Kotlik	14 ft	—	—
PODC — Dahl Creek	Dahl Creek	260 ft	—	—
POKA — Tununak	Tununak	62 ft	—	—

▲ above 5,000 ft · ⚠ above 8,000 ft on a typical afternoon of the airport's hottest month. Open any field for its monthly table and a pre-filled calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which Alaska airport has the highest density altitude in summer?

Horsfeld (4Z5) tops the list: from 3,620 ft of field elevation, a typical summer afternoon reaches about 4,913 ft of density altitude. Each airport's page carries its full monthly table.

What is the highest airport in Alaska?

Horsfeld (4Z5) at 3,620 ft MSL, per the FAA airport record. Elevation is the biggest single term in density altitude — the summer heat gets added on top of it.