# Drift River Airport (DRF / 3AK5)

**Drift River Airport** (IATA: DRF, FAA: 3AK5) is a small airport in Kenai, Alaska, United States. It opened in Jun 1966. It has one runway, 4,100 ft (1,250 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/3ak5

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: DRF / —
- FAA: 3AK5
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Kenai, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Jun 1966
- Elevation: 30 ft / 9 m
- Coordinates: 60.5889, -152.1620
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 4,100 ft / 1,250 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745997
- Weather station: PALV
- Ident: 3AK5

## Timeline

- Jun 1966: Drift River Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 4,100 ft / 1,250 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Gravel |  | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,100 ft / 1,250 m | =9,300 of 29,858 | =3,580 in North America | =2,981 in US |
| Elevation | 30 ft / 9 m | =40,463 of 43,403 | =18,292 in North America | =15,018 in US |
| Age | Opened 1966 | =5,606 of 15,079 | =3,958 in North America | =3,871 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [5AK0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5ak0.md) Trading Bay Production Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [US-2883](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2883.md) Salamatof Beach Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [3AK4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3ak4.md) Johnson Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [75AK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/75ak.md) Henley Airport · 28 mi / 46 km
- [US-2879](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2879.md) Stevens Airport · 29 mi / 46 km
- [US-2876](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-2876.md) Alaska West Airport · 29 mi / 47 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/3ak5/data