# American Creek Airport (80A)

**American Creek Airport** (FAA: 80A) is a small airport in American Creek, Alaska, United States. It opened in Aug 1958. It has one runway, 1,500 ft (457 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak80

## At a glance

- FAA: 80A
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: American Creek, Alaska, United States
- Opened: Aug 1958
- Elevation: 513 ft / 156 m
- Coordinates: 65.1046, -151.1760
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,500 ft / 457 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49744890
- Weather station: PAML
- Ident: AK80

## Timeline

- Aug 1958: American Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,500 ft / 457 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Grass |  |  |

- 02/20 slopes 1.3%: threshold 02 at 493 ft / 150 m, threshold 20 at 513 ft / 156 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,500 ft / 457 m | =27,817 of 29,858 | =14,033 in North America | =12,508 in US |
| Elevation | 513 ft / 156 m | =26,831 of 43,403 | =12,845 in North America | =10,744 in US |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =2,944 in North America | =2,872 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [PAHE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pahe.md) Healy Airport · 8.9 mi / 14 km
- [MLY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/paml.md) Manley Hot Springs Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [TAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pata.md) Ralph M Calhoun Memorial Airport · 28 mi / 44 km
- [2Z2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/2z2.md) Eureka Creek Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [RMP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/rmp.md) Rampart Airport · 41 mi / 66 km
- [20K](https://dromopedia.com/airports/20k.md) Quail Creek Airport · 44 mi / 71 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/ak80/data