# Talachulitna River Airport (1AK6)

**Talachulitna River Airport** (FAA: 1AK6) is a small airport in Sketna, Alaska, United States. It opened in Mar 1997. It has one runway, 1,800 ft (549 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ak6

## At a glance

- FAA: 1AK6
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sketna, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Mar 1997
- Elevation: 282 ft / 86 m
- Coordinates: 61.8563, -151.3975
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 ft / 549 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49751347
- Weather station: PASW
- Ident: 1AK6

## Timeline

- Mar 1997: Talachulitna River Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,800 ft / 549 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,800 ft / 549 m | =26,165 of 29,858 | =12,889 in North America | =11,401 in US |
| Elevation | 282 ft / 86 m | =31,778 of 43,403 | =14,617 in North America | =12,309 in US |
| Age | Opened 1997 | =10,733 of 15,079 | =8,402 in North America | =8,287 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [AN03](https://dromopedia.com/airports/an03.md) Alaska View Airport · 9.4 mi / 15 km
- [SKW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pasw.md) Skwentna Airport · 10 mi / 16 km
- [1AK8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1ak8.md) Talaheim Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
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- [US-3521](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-3521.md) (Duplicate)Bentalit Lodge Airstrip · 14 mi / 23 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/1ak6/data