# Nixon Fork Mine Airport (AK40)

**Nixon Fork Mine Airport** (FAA: AK40) is a small airport in McGrath, Alaska, United States. It opened in Feb 2000. It has one runway, 4,200 ft (1,280 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak40

## At a glance

- FAA: AK40
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: McGrath, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Feb 2000
- Elevation: 1,510 ft / 460 m
- Coordinates: 63.2292, -154.7600
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,200 ft / 1,280 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49748742
- Weather station: PAFS
- Ident: AK40

## Timeline

- Feb 2000: Nixon Fork Mine Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,200 ft / 1,280 m | =8,998 of 29,858 | =3,450 in North America | =2,857 in US |
| Elevation | 1,510 ft / 460 m | =11,915 of 43,403 | =5,155 in North America | =3,924 in US |
| Age | Opened 2000 | =11,262 of 15,079 | =8,856 in North America | =8,734 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [NIB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pafs.md) Nikolai Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [MCG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamc.md) McGrath Airport · 33 mi / 53 km
- [TCT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/tct.md) Takotna Airport · 43 mi / 69 km
- [TLJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/patl.md) Tatalina LRRS Airport · 45 mi / 72 km
- [KCR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcr.md) Colorado Creek Airport · 45 mi / 73 km
- [TLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2k5.md) Telida Airport · 48 mi / 77 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/ak40/data