# Golden North Airfield (15AK)

**Golden North Airfield** (FAA: 15AK) is a small airport in Cantwell, Alaska, United States. It opened in Sep 1971. It has one runway, 2,095 ft (639 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/15ak

## At a glance

- FAA: 15AK
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Cantwell, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Sep 1971
- Elevation: 2,250 ft / 686 m
- Coordinates: 63.3720, -148.8469
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,095 ft / 639 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670868
- Weather station: PATW
- Ident: 15AK

## Timeline

- Sep 1971: Golden North Airfield opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,095 ft / 639 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,095 ft / 639 m | =23,958 of 29,858 | =11,500 in North America | =10,079 in US |
| Elevation | 2,250 ft / 686 m | =7,798 of 43,403 | =3,620 in North America | =2,761 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [PATW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/patw.md) Cantwell Airport · 3.6 mi / 5.8 km
- [UMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/past.md) Summit Airport · 9.1 mi / 15 km
- [AK06](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak06.md) Denali Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [US-7048](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-7048.md) Colorado Lake Airport · 24 mi / 38 km
- [MCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pain.md) Denali National Park Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [PAHV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pahv.md) Healy River Airport · 34 mi / 55 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/15ak/data